Tristero's lyrics & chords

Maurice Chammah and Danny Cohen conceived of Tristero as a musical project with them as the only two constant members, an outlet for material more serious than the songs they had been performing with their former band, Swingin' Charlie. The fluctuating membership grew to include Dylan Blanchard (also formerly of Swingin' Charlie) on drums, Nick Gregg on cello, and Jacob Krell on bass. The band's name is from Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, and that book was a coneptual launching point for the material on their debut EP, titled "A Mirac...read more