Almost exactly a year after the release of his debut album (Unfall), Chase Tremaine returns with his sophomore record, Development & Compromise. Pushing that album's early-aughts emo sound in new directions, D&C sees the multi-instrumentalist pulling from punk, prog, and jazz, resulting in twelve tracks that are as fun and catchy as they are raw and introspective. Written and performed entirely by Tremaine (and recorded over the span of a single week), this set displays more of his life story and musical influences than its predecessor, taking what started out as an \"island of misfit\" songs which he passionately wanted to memorialize, then transforming them into a unified, triumphant sophomore release.
(Original photography provided by Hudson Hintze and Thusitha Dananjaya)
Vocals (tracks 2-12), drums (1-12), electric guitars (1-6, 8-12), bass guitar (2-12), keyboards/programming (7, 9), and acoustic guitar (4-6) by Chase Tremaine
Additional vocal production by Chase and Taylor Tremaine
Special Thanks:
To Sean ?Killer? Power, for taking on an ambitious project and bringing it to life more imaginatively than I could?ve ever dreamed (with inside jokes galore); to Paige W., for inspiring me with endless support and unfathomable joy; to Taylor T., for mentoring me over all these years and co-producing the harmonies for many of these songs; to David B., for recording and drumming on the original demos for ?Wired? and ?Fear?; to Richard at ASM, for believing in me as a new artist and promoting my singles; to Manaen H. and to my parents, for letting me practice drums at your houses (alongside countless other forms of support); to Brian S., for years of collaboration and advocacy; to Theo M., for three years of sharing songs, insights, opinions, and friendship; to Daniel T., Ben K., Lauren M., and the rest of the Unfall album focus group, for your feedback and encouragement in making these songs as good as possible; to all my song shop clients and Kickstarter supporters, who have transformed ?fandom? into something beautifully personal; to JFH, for being an incredible online family, community, support system, and artistic outlet; to Ethan H., who maintains sanity about making a podcast with me while I continually get neck-deep in new musical endeavors; to Kevo, Noah H., and my other friends from Chorus.fm, IVM, and Rock Legacy/At the Rock Show, for excitement and promotion and critique that inspires me to keep making more music; to my employer, for the flexibility that allowed me to record this album while working; and to Ryan and Lauren C., (who were accidentally left out of the Unfall CD booklet), for years of personal, emotional, and spiritual investment, without which these first two albums would have never come to fruition.
