Caamp

Minimalist in design but heartfelt in delivery, Caamp are an acoustic guitar and banjo indie folk group from Columbus, Ohio. Founded by boyhood friends Evan Westfall and Taylor Meier, the band expanded into a trio with the arrival of bass player Matt Vinson, who made his studio debut on their Billboard-charting sophomore effort, 2019′s By & By. Three years later, the group issued their third long-player, Lavender Days, which made the upper half of the Billboard pop chart.
Childhood friends Evan Westfall (banjo) and Taylor Meier (lead vocals, guitar) grew up together in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington, but they didn’t begin playing and writing music together until 2012. After adopting the name Caamp in 2015, they delivered their self-produced, self-titled debut LP a year later, quickly finding viral success on streaming platforms. Thanks to some key tours and the release of subsequent singles like “Hey Joe,” “Common Man,” and “26,” Caamp earned a devoted following whose tracks were streamed into the millions. Westfall and Meier returned in early 2018 with the Boys (Side A) EP, augmenting a few of the new songs with electric guitar and a more robust sound. The Boys (Side B) EP followed a few months later.
The group became a trio when they added bass player Matt Vinson before recording their next album, By & By, which was released in July 2019 by indie label Mom + Pop Music; it ascended to the number one slot on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. The following year saw the release of a pair of tracks, “Fall, Fall, Fall” and the AAA-charting “Officer of Love,” and in 2021, the trio issued the moving single “Square One.” Caamp kicked off 2022 with the release of the warm and assured “Believe,” which soared to number one on the triple-A and Americana charts. The song appeared on the group’s third studio long-player, Lavender Days, which featured guest spots from Waxahatchee and Nathaniel Rateliff. It became their most successful album to date, reaching number 83 on the Billboard 200. ~ Timothy Monger