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Maritime
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Biografie
The Promise Ring broke up-did you know that? It didn't make Dan Rather's show or anything; it was just a quiet, well-timed end to a band that made four albums to be proud of, including 2002's mellow swansong Wood/Water.
The Dismemberment Plan broke up, too. More on that in a minute.
Here's why the story's not over, though: Promise Ring singer-guitarist Davey von Bohlen has an appetite for songwriting that borders on addiction, and even sometimes gets in the way of his playing basketball. Even when The Promise Ring was busy as hell, he wrote more songs than they could use, recording them with PR drummer Dan Didier under the name Vermont. They released two full-length albums.
Enter Maritime, though not exactly. After a brief respite, Dan and Davey rejoined musical forces in 2003 with the intention of starting something fresh-not quite the chilled ambience of Wood/Water-era Promise Ring, not the too-casual four-track vibe of Vermont, but something that rolled together the best of what they had done in the past, shot-through with new life.
The Dismemberment Plan broke up after four albums, too, and silly was the man who met their bass player Eric Axelson and didn't love him, at least platonically. Dan and Davey got to him before anyone else could, and convinced him to join this new band, which for a brief few months was known as In English, before clearer heads prevailed.
Before Axelson's tour of duty with the D. Plan was finished, this new trio (aided by some ace horn, string and key players in the studio) had recorded a whopping 15 songs with uber-producer J. Robbins, a man whose production and rocking credits would take years to list.
Four of those songs (plus a home-recorded track) are being released to coincide with Maritime's first national tour (check the tour section) as the Adios EP, a limited-edition CD-single meant to keep the fires burning while the band prepares a full-length debut, which should hit stores some time in 2004.
The Dismemberment Plan broke up, too. More on that in a minute.
Here's why the story's not over, though: Promise Ring singer-guitarist Davey von Bohlen has an appetite for songwriting that borders on addiction, and even sometimes gets in the way of his playing basketball. Even when The Promise Ring was busy as hell, he wrote more songs than they could use, recording them with PR drummer Dan Didier under the name Vermont. They released two full-length albums.
Enter Maritime, though not exactly. After a brief respite, Dan and Davey rejoined musical forces in 2003 with the intention of starting something fresh-not quite the chilled ambience of Wood/Water-era Promise Ring, not the too-casual four-track vibe of Vermont, but something that rolled together the best of what they had done in the past, shot-through with new life.
The Dismemberment Plan broke up after four albums, too, and silly was the man who met their bass player Eric Axelson and didn't love him, at least platonically. Dan and Davey got to him before anyone else could, and convinced him to join this new band, which for a brief few months was known as In English, before clearer heads prevailed.
Before Axelson's tour of duty with the D. Plan was finished, this new trio (aided by some ace horn, string and key players in the studio) had recorded a whopping 15 songs with uber-producer J. Robbins, a man whose production and rocking credits would take years to list.
Four of those songs (plus a home-recorded track) are being released to coincide with Maritime's first national tour (check the tour section) as the Adios EP, a limited-edition CD-single meant to keep the fires burning while the band prepares a full-length debut, which should hit stores some time in 2004.