If you were in a Chapel Hill indie band during the nineties, chances are your band's recordings would be produced by Caleb Southern. From Archers of Loaf to the Ben Folds Five, his fingerprints were all over any album that made it out of North Carolina to gain critical acclaim on the national stage. One of the bands he produced that faltered out of the gate was The Raymond Brake, a four-piece alternative band from Greensboro (because Chapel Hill is really only 45 minutes away).
The Raymond Brake formed in 1994 with Andy Cabic (guitar, vocals), Ryan Stewart (guitar vocals), Peder Hollinghurst (bass), and Joel Darden (drums). Their only album Piles of Dirty Winters released as soon as 1995. They gained a little success after touring the country and garnered favorable comparisons to other successful Chapel Hill alternative acts. The band began to unravel soon after, having to replace Peder on bass with Matt Houston in 1996. They released an EP that same year before the band slowly stumbled to the group's dissolution in 1998.
Here is the complete discography for The Raymond Brake:
The Raymond Brake (1994 single)
Split (1994 single)
New Wave Dream (1995 single)
Sentiment (1995 compilation track)
Piles of Dirty Winters
Never Work Ever (1996 EP)
Threnody (1997 compilation track)
"New Wave Dream" by The Raymond Brake
"Easter" by The Raymond Brake
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