The Layaways are an American indie rock band, based in Chicago.
 The group was founded by David Harrell (vocals/guitar) who released "More Than Happy" as a solo album in 2003.
 Mike Porter (vocals/bass) and Nathan Burleson (drums/vocals) joined the lineup in 2004 for "We've Been Lost," the band's sophomore release.
 The group's third album, "The Space Between," was released in 2008, followed by "Maybe Next Year," a collection of holiday songs, in 2009.
 "Silence," the lead-off track from "We've Been Lost," was included on the digital version of the 2012 compilation Occupy This Album.
 The band's music is often described by reviewers as shoegaze or indie pop and the group has also received attention for its exploration of alternative business models and for Harrell's frequent writings about digital music economics.
Polaris is an indie rock band that was formed as a one-off musical project in the mid-1990s involving members of the New Haven indie rock band Miracle Legion.
 They were commissioned specifically to produce music for the Nickelodeon television show "The Adventures of Pete & Pete", which was later compiled into the group's first and only album.
 Nearly twenty years after the show was cancelled, Polaris re-emerged with its first tour and a cassingle of two new songs.
The Secret Sessions is a tribute album to Canadian indie rock band Rheostatics, released March 16, 2007 through the web label Zunior.
 The album was released to coincide with the band's farewell show scheduled for March 30, and features Canadian indie rock artists performing Rheostatics songs.
 The album was not publicized in advance, so that its release on March 16 would be a surprise for the band — the album was presented to the band live on Dave Bookman's show on CFNY-FM on March 15.
Lost Songs from the Lost Years is a compilation by Cloud Cult, documenting the evolution of the band from the teen years (early 90s) up until 2002.
 It was rereleased as a limited edition in 2006 and late 2009.
Cloud Cult is an experimental indie rock band from Duluth, Minnesota led by singer/songwriter Craig Minowa.
 The name originated from the ancient prophecies of indigenous North Americans.
John Strohm (or John P. Strohm, born March 23, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American musician, singer, and lawyer.
 He began his musical career playing drum set in Indiana's punk rock scene, then moved to Boston in 1985 and switched to guitar.
 With Juliana Hatfield and Freda Love (then Freda Boner) he co-founded the indie rock trio Blake Babies in 1986.
 In 1994 the band Velo-Deluxe with Strohm as the frontman released their only album "Superelastic" through Mammoth Records.
 Strohm also played drums in The Lemonheads from 1987 - 1989 and guitar during the years 1993-1994 and 1996-1997.
 He led the indie rock band Antenna and released his first solo album, "Vestavia", in 1999.
 In 2007 Strohm released another full-length album, "Everyday Life".
Lost Songs is a compilation album from the alternative rock band Anberlin, released on November 20, 2007.
 It is a collection of covers, unreleased songs from previous album sessions and acoustic versions.
 This album is not entirely all-new, as most of the tracks have previously appeared on special editions of albums or other compilations.
II is the second album from the folk/indie rock collaboration project by folk artist Kevin Devine and members of indie rock band Manchester Orchestra.
 It was released on October 9, 2012, exactly two years after the band's self-titled debut album, on Triple Crown Records.
 Like the first album, the songs written were collaborations between Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra's frontman Andy Hull.
"We Share the Same Skies" arrived in November 2009 as the second and final single taken from the fourth studio album by British indie rock band The Cribs.
 The song provided listeners with two of the stand out songs from the four-piece incarnation of the band, with The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr an addition the year previous, which found release on fourth LP "Ignore the Ignorant" in September 2009.
 Gary features on hammond organ during the song.
 Recorded and mixed at Seedy Underbelly Studio in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California with producer Nick Launay, the song received additional treatment at British Grove Studio, London, United Kingdom.
 It is reported Australian indie rock band Last Dinosaurs were influenced by the song when writing Purist off their second studio album Wellness.
Lost Songs was released in 2002 and is a compilation album of British rock band New Model Army of bonus, rare and previously unreleased tracks compiled by Justin Sullivan and Michael Dean.
 The album covers the period from "The Love of Hopeless Causes" (1993) to this release.

Question: Lost Songs from Lost Years was released by an indie rock band from which state?
Answer: Minnesota