Hermit Thrush was an American indie rock band started by Pete Heimbold and Chad Urmston in 1995 while they were students at Middlebury College. The band was only active for a short time when they joined forces with Brad Corrigan

Brad Corrigan

Brad Corrigan is a musician who is a member of the indie band Dispatch, which reunited in 2011 after a several year hiatus...

 of Woodriver Bandits

Woodriver bandits

Woodriver Bandits was founded in the year 1993 as a project of Brad Corrigan, who was a student at the Middlebury College in Vermont. After Tape 1993 was recorded Brad was informed by a friend that someone at his school played guitar very well and suggested he meet Pete Heimbold...

 to create One Fell Swoop

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....

 (later known as Dispatch

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....

). In their short existence, Hermit Thrush created a poor recording quality, four track demo. Three of the songs (Otherside, Drive, and Outloud) were re-recorded and released on Dispatch

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....

 albums with much better recording quality. One song, Sister, was not re-released and is very hard to find. Sister was played once in concert by State Radio

State Radio

State Radio is an alternative rock band from Sherborn, Massachusetts, consisting of Chad Urmston , Chuck Fay and Mike Najarian...

, Chad's band after Dispatch

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....

.