La Sera, whose name means "the evening" in
Italian, started in 2010, with Goodman writing songs and Brady Hall producing. The video for their first single "Never Come Around" was released on Halloween 2010. Following the release of their self-titled debut album in February 2011, La Sera toured the US with
Tennis and Europe with
Jenny Lewis. La Sera's second studio album
Sees the Light, released in March 2012, was produced by Rob Barbato (
Darker My Love). The album's opening track, "Love That's Gone", is featured in the music video game
Rocksmith 2014. Following the release of
Sees the Light, the band toured the US with
Father John Misty. In 2012, Todd Wisenbaker joined the band, which at that time also included Nate Lotz on drums and Greta Morgan on rhythm guitar. Around the same time, Goodman moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. In contrast to previous records, Goodman worked with the other band members on the songs, noting that they "all worked on the new record for about a year, writing and editing". Wisenbaker contributed the song "10 Headed Goat Wizard" and described the album as "a classic American record". The critical reaction described
Hour of the Dawn as having "new-found optimism". After the album's release, the band did a full European tour with Springtime Carnivore, which ended at
Primavera Festival. La Sera also did a West Coast tour with
King Tuff, and the show on November 6, 2014, was filmed to air on
Last Call with Carson Daly. Three songs, "Please Be My Third Eye," "Fall in Place," and "10 Headed Goat Wizard", were aired on
Last Call on March 17, 2015. The music video for "Fall in Place" was premiered by
Entertainment Weekly on June 11, 2014. In March 2016, La Sera released the
Ryan Adams-produced
Music For Listening To Music To through Polyvinyl. The album's release was preceded by the single "High Notes" in December 2015. The album's second single, "I Need an Angel", was released in March 2016. Goodman worked with
Greta Morgan on a collection of punk covers with '60s pop arrangements that was released as ''Take It, It's Yours'' through Polyvinyl in August 2016. == Personal life ==