Biography
Formed in the spring of 2005 in the shadows of Music City USA (Nashville, Tennessee). Devin Lamp, Keller McDivitt, Drew Binkley, Casey Kaufman, Dillon Smith, Chris Click and Michael Thurmon found themselves nestled away in their rehearsal space, working on what has now become The Ascent of Everest. Having seven members from all across the country brings a lot to the table. Each member contributes his or her own style, which is then intertwined with the calming ambient sound of the band.
A common love for music, art, nature and life is evident in the bands emotions, which are played out through their instruments. Their songs sound as if they are meant for the soundtrack of people's lives, often going from slow drones to fast build-ups to exploding pinnacles. All of this just to find yourself right back where you started. The ups and downs of life, portrayed by sounds to be decoded by listeners.
At first glance words like lush, intense, and melodic all rush to mind let us set those aside. We know in doing so we would defile this music, which strives above all to say what words cannot. These are not just songs they are mantras, prayers, hymns written not in hymnals or textbooks but etched into the backs of pews, chairs, and hearts. They echo with the frustrations, elations, torments, and triumphs of a generation unsatisfied with just being disenchanted, bored with just being unconventional, and burning with passions that refuse to be silenced.
This is their message of hope but not a blind hope. We want everyone no matter where they stand to start by taking a good look around, and then a good look within and then ask themselves "what am I doing?" We don't just acknowledge, but challenge the trepidations of the age. We seek to meet them head on. The hope we speak of is the hope that it is not too late to defy the numbing of daily routine and escape the hum of this city, beaming with artificial light. Flee from the pit-er-patting of exhaust pipes and find a quite place that has yet to be spoiled by paved roads. All we ask is that you find this place, and go there. Go there and be at peace.
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Press
Articles
Little Man Magazine
Southeast Performer
Interviews
Panoptic Journalism Ltd.
Show Reviews
Murfreesboro Pulse (12/08/05)
Murfreesboro Pulse (1/17/06)
Nashville Scene (5/12/06)
Vanderbilt Orbis (10/13/06)
Album Reviews
The Silent Ballet: "Release of the Month"
The Silent Ballet
UpBeet Music
Murfreesboro Pulse
Music Street Journal
The Nashville Rage
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