following bravo silva's dissolution, wolfe relocated to los angeles and began to perform as a solo act under his current moniker. in 2009, wolfe released two eps, "the blue house", composed of original material, and "wolfe sings field", made up of songs penned by portland-based writer peter field. wolfe’s full-length debut, entitled ‘linda vista’ was released in 2011 on wolfe’s own undermountain music label. produced by aaron older and nico aglietti of edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes and featuring members of edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes, dawes and ariel pink’s haunted graffiti, linda vista was received positively by music critics such as rolling stone magazine and led to wolfe being named as an "artist to watch" by the "los angeles times".