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Roommate is a band from Chicago, IL.
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History
Roommate began as a solo music project of Kent Lambert in 2000. He had just moved from Iowa City to Brooklyn and started recording music in his apartment. In 2001, he relocated to Chicago and self-released the Celebs EP. In 2004, Roommate re-emerged as a live band. Work on the full-length Songs the Animals Taught Us began soon thereafter, and the album was self-released in the summer of 2005. A wide release on the Plug Research label followed in the spring of 2006 and was supported with a European tour and a few shows around the United States. Production on the New Steam EP began in late 2006 and the band recorded steadily through the completion of its second full-length album. We Were Enchanted was released in April 2008 on Plug Research and Shrug Records and supported with shows in the Netherlands and the American Midwest. For several years members of the live band changed based on availability, playing instruments such as musical saw, banjo, violin, theremin, Buchla Music Box, and bassoon, as well as hand percussion and traditional rock instruments. In early 2008, however, the live band stabilized into a consistent four-piece line-up with a smaller range of instruments. Lambert is responsible for the band's lyrics and basic song structures, but all participants actively contribute to live and recorded arrangements.
Members
The current lineup includes:
- Kent Lambert (Keytar, vocals, electronics)
- Luther Rochester (Buchla Music Easel, bells, vibes, Moog, melodica)
- Seth Vanek (drums, percussion)
- Gillian Lisée (bass), vocals
Occasional and past participants include Daniel Schneider (guitar), Anton Hatwich (bass), Justin Petertil (guitar), Mercedes Landazuri (banjo, heartstrings), Evelyn Weston (musical saw), Katherine Young (bassoon), Devin Davis (drums, theremin), Amy Cimini (viola), Tim Daisy (drums), Jim Duffy (drums), Tom Comerford (guitar), Cody Hennesy (guitar, programming), and Dewayne Slightweight (bells, vocals). During a short tour in The Netherlands in May 2008, Lambert played with Bart de Kroon (guitar, banjo, Moog), Melvin Wevers (bass) and Sebastiaan Janssen (drums) from Dutch singer Pien Feith's band.
Discography
- Celebs EP, CD, self-released (December 2001, re-released with modified artwork by Fresh Produce in February 2006)
- "Duyster", various artists compilation, 2 x CD, Play it Again Sam (March 2005, released for the fifth anniversary of the Belgian radio program Duyster; Roommate's "RP (Forget the metaphors)" was selected for disc one, "Duyster.Classics")
- Songs the Animals Taught Us, CD, self-released (July 2005, re-released with modified artwork by Plug Research in April 2006)
- New Steam EP, Plug Research - download only (February 2007)
- New Steam EP, 10" vinyl on Shrug Records (June 2007)
- We Were Enchanted CD, Plug Research (April 2008)
- We Were Enchanted vinyl LP, Shrug Records (April 2008)
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