NEWS

November 20, 2020

HOTEL CODORUS by Taber is now out.

The second album from Taber, Hotel Codorus is now available for streaming and download at Bandcamp here:

https://taber1.bandcamp.com/album/hotel-codorus

Taber is made up of members of Mid-Atlantic mainstay band The Disgruntled Sherpa Project and began as an offshoot of that band but since their debut release THE SUN MACHINE in 2019 has evolved into the members’ main project.

Consisting of DSP’s founding members Joe Boylan on guitars, piano and vocals and Walt Mamaluy on bass and vocals as well as former The Disgruntled Sherpa Project and Blinktooth keyboardist, Matt Jules Rhine and former The Disgruntled Sherpa Project and Arsenix drummer, Wayne Lee, Taber set a goal for itself in the year 2020 to write and record two songs a month for five months and then release their second album of material in the fall. The result of this undertaking is the full length album HOTEL CODORUS.

Joe Boylan and Walt Mamaluy came up with an idea to write and record an album throughout the year of 2020. Starting in February they wrote and recorded two songs a month through June, then spent the remainder of the summer overdubbing and mixing the album.

Recording was a relaxed atmosphere in the dinning room of Joe’s house which lent to a laid back homey feel to most tracks. The styles range from rockers to extended jams to folk and even a tinge of reggae…or at least an approximation of reggae.

The name, and cover image, come from the Hotel Codorus a historic hotel on the banks of the Codorus Creek which runs through downtown York, Pennsylvania. The culture, art and music of the city served as an inspiration for the music on the album.

TABER has a new album Hotel Codorus coming out November 20, 2020. Here is the first song and video from it, “Make You”. Enjoy!

Old News

NEW CHRISTMAS SONG, BOTTLED BEER FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

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The first compilation album Failure to Thrive Volume One covering the band’s career from 2002-2007 is now available via bandcamp.com.

This is the first time songs from the band’s first two albums TallTrees Fallen and Double Fisted Misery have been made available for streaming or download. Also, the first time the band’s 2006 EP Broken and Bruised has been available digitally. Stream or buy the album HERE

HIGH TIDES AND MUDDY WATERS NOW AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP.COM

Order High Tides and Muddy Waters CD now:

High Tides and Muddy Waters on sale at CD Baby now:

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thedisgruntledsherpaproject?fbclid=IwAR2DeLtWnjfgcHEKr8_ZzykzXJEpdI_vWNdgTFcnSwYUcTv2V-qlyCZpd4w

Hight Tides and Muddy Waters Reviews:

FOUR STARS As the saying goes, “breaking up is hard to do.” And back in 2012 the Philadelphia band The Disgruntled Sherpa Project, that may have been actually disgruntled, broke up. Then the band reformed two years later and went directly to the studio to write and record Blessed Geography.Fast-forward to now and the band whose lineup consists of Joe Boylan (rhythm guitar/slide guitar/banjo/harmonica/organ/keyboard/vocals), Walt Mamaluy (bass/ percussion/ vocals, Reginald DeJesus (lead guitar/vocals), John Vasudevan (drums/congas/ shakers/tambourine) and Matt Jules Rhine (piano/keyboards/vocals) has released High Tides and Muddy Waters a much harder edged and rugged record than anything they’ve done in their lengthy career.
The Disgruntled Sherpa Project returned to the familiar environs of Red Planet Studio to record this record in one long ten hour session in the studio’s live room. It’s an amazing feat, to me at least, because after spending just a few hours straight with any one person I am ready for some alone time. But that’s not the case here as the boys sound as together as ever bringing bright and electric rock songs with the old familiar down and out lyricism they’re known for and have made a record that encapsulates what it’s like to be a person living in today’s world.
The opening track “One Foot in the Grave” is a rambling rocker full of dead pan lyrics, “I took so many drugs that I should be dead” and “I was drinking in a bar with a midget / He said man you’ve had enough I think you should quit.” This rolls into the banjo and fuzzy guitar fueled sing-along “Your Heroes Are All Dead And We’re The Ones Who Killed Them” which also sees the rest of the band chiming in perfectly hitting all the marks and checking all the boxes which is the real power behind the project.
Later we see more of this as the band, acting as a brute force of musical nature, ramps it up on tunes like the nuanced rocker “Everybody Leaves” which builds to a fierce fugue and then winds down to end quietly. The live aspects of these recordings only adds to the fact that these guys know when to step in and step out. And when they are focused on being “one” as a band they can churn out some pretty punchy and awesome tunes like “The Beekeeper and the Elephant” and the one hell of a good time that is “All is Happiness.”
As a title High Tides and Muddy Waters may conjure images of doom and destruction but the record’s feeling is just the opposite. It is the result of band members weaving their respective instruments in and out of one another in a small space and ending up with a tapestry of songs which will leave listeners moved. -Jamie Robash, Divide and Conquer

DIGITAL KILLED THE RADIO STAR review: Recommended.
“High Tides and Muddy Waters: If you like the Black Crowes, maybe even REM, stuff like that you’re gonna like this album…the opening song is really good: ‘One Foot in the Grave’. It’s a really good album. Joe Boylan has a unique voice that I really like. At times he sounds like Stephen Malkmus from Pavement; other times he doesn’t. Go support those guys, give it a listen and buy the physical product.” – David Hudson. Digital Killed the Radio Star Podcast

Bandcamp Review
“DSP’s eleventh studio album to boot, ‘High Tides and Muddy Waters’ delves into classic touchstones of Americana angst and longing, love, loss, and all the disenchantment you’ve seen and heard burning with your own eyes in the country today. If 2018 is a year of dead heroes, DSP’s tracks will kick your ass back into worship mode. With all the blues, rock, folk, and grassroots can-kicking you’ve been waiting on the cusp for, sit back and listen to the guys who are as tired of the bullshit as you are….even if they have the gall to be nice about it.” – Emily Zee.

The Beekeeper and the Elephant

Price of an Education

Your Heroes Are All Dead and We’re The Ones Who Killed Them

Hear the first single “One Foot in the Grave” now:

Videos from the 2016 album Catastrophe

Waterline

Birthday Present

Twisted and Broke