![]() I think it’s a thing we sort of accidentally have fallen into,” he explains. “I think it’s a compliment, like it’s good to try hard. Rowell explains that they used to get ridiculed in their local scene for growing and “selling out” for something as routine as getting their music on Spotify. They all agree that at one point or another, they’ve all been called try hards throughout their music careers. When I’m talking to the guys, it comes up where this title came from. Despite being “a little drunk,” they immediately knew he was the guy.īack in May, The Band Camino signed with Elektra Records, and then a few months later announced their label-debut EP, tryhard. As Rowell tells it, they were looking for the drummer at the time and just heard Burgess downstairs drumming. Then we moved to Nashville.” Burgess came into the band about a year and a half ago, after meeting the guys at their Fourth of July party. Me and Spencer quickly became tight after about 6 months, we started playing music together with Graham. “I’ve never played a show Graham didn’t play bass in,” Jordan tells me before their show in Columbus, Ohio at the Newport Music Hall. Rowell and Jordan met a few years later when Jordan needed a bassist for his country project at the time, and then shortly after he got introduced to Stewart. The connections first came when Rowell and Stewart where in a private-Christian high school together, having met when they were 14. The band formed back in 2015, with Jordan, Rowell, and Stewart having been around since the very beginning. About six months later, The Band Camino - consisting of Jeffrey Jordan, Graham Rowell, Spencer Stewart, and Garrison Burgess - dropped “Daphne Blue” and it became even more clear that they were going to be the next big thing in music.īut, let’s back up a bit to where The Band Camino came from if you’re not familiar. So, I looked up the song “Berenstein” - the song Swift added to her playlist - and that’s when I knew this band would be something special. ![]() It was a few days after my birthday, and my friend told me Taylor Swift just added this band to her “Songs Taylor Loves” playlist, and I had no excuse to not listen to it. You’re typically the one to suggest new music, but hey, it doesn’t hurt to let the turn tables.įor me, this happened a little over a year and a half ago when a friend introduced me to The Band Camino. Other times, things are really weird and you get a new music suggestion from a friend. Sometimes you don’t know what to expect and maybe you’ll get a pitch from a publicist about a new band to check out. ![]() Sometimes you know what to expect: maybe you’re working on a feature or expect it to be a big news day. As someone that has been writing about music for nearly ten years, every day can be surprising.
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