Chamberlin: "Maryland" Above The Valleys Part II
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The members of Vermont’s Chamberlin haven’t just written an album about the difficult road back from betrayal and resentment. They’ve lived it. When founding members Mark Daly and Ethan West left for Nashville to write the band’s latest EP Look What I’ve Become, they took the Chamberlin name with them, informing bassist Chuck Whistler and drummer Jamie Heintz that they would not be playing on the EP. After recording the album, Daly and West realized the vital need to reconcile with their bandmates. Once they the band at their Vermont cabin, though, their keyboard player quit on the spot.
The second part of their Above The Valleys video series finds the rest of the group reunited at their Vermont cabin, describing their recovery from the setbacks that almost broke the band permanently. Over the melancholy strains of Maryland, the fourth track from their EP, Whistler recalls being dropped from the group for the album’s recording: I didn’t even say anything. I was “ pissed isn’t even the right word “ I was pretty hurt¦It took a little bit of repair to get back to where we were. Despite encountering the type of obstacles that would have derailed a less devoted band, the group looks like they have never been better. Every once in a while, West says, people bounce back stronger.
Look What I’ve Become is out now on iTunes! Catch Chamberlin on a lengthy US tour this fall, and be on the lookout for an upcoming Songs of the Revolution session with them right here on OurStage.