While the band decided they “didn’t want to go the full stretch with” Cook, the session did make the group refocus. “We did that for 10 days and had a pretty rad session, met some cool people and really explored a lot of sounds and learned a lot,” recalls Meier. While the band initially began having weekly studio sessions for fun during the first part of the pandemic, they were later invited down to North Carolina by producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee) for a more pronounced session. He also admits that while “it was nice to get off the road, and take a couple of deep breaths,” during the pandemic, spending 22 dates with The Lumineers helped to reinvigorate them - especially leading up to the release of Lavender Days. “It’s cool to get a peek behind the curtain, how massive production is, the scale of their crew, and playing shows for 27,000 people is always fun,” Meier explains. Now, the band has perhaps landed their biggest break yet in the form of an opening slot for The Lumineers.
1 on the Billboard Heatseeker Albums chart. It wasn’t long until Caamp signed to Mom & Pop records and released their second album, By and By, in 2019, which reached No. Over the course of two months, their song “Ohio” gained serious traction, and a grassroots following propelled them onto the Global Viral 50 chart. Later, they’d expand their lineup with Matt Vinson (bass) and Joseph Kavalec (keyboards).īut their career really began taking off when they uploaded their self-released debut LP to Spotify.
Inspired by artists like Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Neil Young, they cut their teeth playing their breezy Americana tracks at open mic nights and coffee shops. When the band first formed more than a decade ago at Ohio University in Athens, it was just Meier on guitar and vocals alongside banjo player Evan Westfall. Lavender Days isn’t Caamp’s first rodeo, though it feels like they’re finally arriving. Somehow it perfectly encompassed what the alt-folk quartet had endured - a transformation that they found themselves on the other side of, and hopefully better for it. That’s why it was a “lightbulb moment” when Caamp landed on Lavender Days as the title of their last month’s album - a riff on their song “Lavender Girl,” which surfaced before the album was made. Or, maybe you’re in a profession like ours, where you’re on the road, and you don’t get to see your loved ones as much.” “But also a lot being given, like, parents who got to work from home and spend those years with their children. “It describes the time period that I had just gone through being melancholy, and a lot of things being taken away from us,” he says over the phone from his home in Columbus, Ohio. I believe in you baby And I’ll always be around I believe in you baby I won’t let you hit the ground And when that sun shines Through to the break of dawn You better grab the keys And leave the dogs at home, oh – “ Believe,” CaampĪtwood Magazine sat down with Caamp’s cofounder and resident banjo player Evan Westfall to discuss the creation of Lavender Days, their latest tour, and why he is so excited about the band’s future.If Caamp ringleader Taylor Meier had to describe the past two years, he’d use two words to describe them: Lavender Days. While they always had and still do carry a sound and a feeling that cannot be replicated, with Lavender Days they have caught a groove that not only will keep their loyal listeners coming back for more, but will also be sure to expand their fanbase and catapult their success even further. Since their 2016 debut, Caamp have grown in members and in sound. It can summon up all of these incredible memories and transport you to those in-between days, which I think everybody remembers with more clarity than the big events.” Caamp © Sophia Matinazad Lavender Days is filled with songs of nostalgia and finding the beauty in not the big moments of life, but the in-between, which is often taken for granted. It can remind you of your grandmother’s perfume or maybe the air freshener in your mom’s car. “Why lavender?” Caamp’s lead singer Taylor Meier asks. “It’s nostalgic. Released Jvia By and By Records / Mom + Pop Music, Lavender Days is Caamp’s highly anticipated and long-awaited third studio album, arriving a full three years after 2019’s sophomore LP, By and By. eWaterways Adriatic Cruise Lavender Days – Caamp I’ve never danced, till I danced with you my love couldn’t hear the music, but I’m sure it was good stuff I’ve never sang with a tear falling from my eye And every time I lose it, oh and I’m not afraid to cry I’d never spoke to one like you before told you all my secrets, and you wanted more I’ve never looked into eyes as clear as yours and every time I lose it, nothing matters more – “ Lavender Girl,” Caamp S4 E17: Come see WHERE we ARE! A week on a Luxury Yacht.
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