The McCauliffe Brothers Band is a groove-infused rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chris (guitar, lead vocals) and Mike McCauliffe (bass, backing vocals) have been writing and performing together since high school in the early 2000s. They would eventually form the McCauliffe Brothers Band in 2005, playing local clubs, bars and developing their sound with Lehman Best on drums. This material was captured on their debut album, It’s Likely in 2010. The album was very well received by critics who articulated the band’s likeliness for greater success (see press).
After It’s Likely, the brothers became more interested in recording and began scouting a location where they could set up a studio and rehearsal space. While working 40 hours a week at corporate jobs and gigging on the weekends they realized that there was little time left to record. Determined to produce a professional record of their music, Chris and Mike would often talk about leaving the corporate grind to commit fully to songwriting and sound engineering. When Mike was laid off from his job in 2013, it was clear that this was the time to go all in. He devoted himself fully to engineering their studio, the Sound Grove, and connected with a Nashville session drummer, Jake Burton, to record on the new album, Simpler Days. Chris went on to resign from his job the following year, so they could could be fully invested in the new record.
From their studio on the edge of Chapel Hill, the brothers again looked to Nashville in order to get their project mixed. Mike began researching top music industry engineers and shopped around with rough mixes online. That week, Justin Cortelyou (Paul McCartney, Phish, Taylor Swift) gave Mike a call back and stated his interest in the project. Justin went on to mix all of the songs on the album in Nashville, TN.
The album was released March 23, 2018. Simpler Days is rock, it’s groove, it’s 10 songs the band couldn’t be happier to share with you.