Since forming as a three-piece band in late 2007, a lot has changed for England in 1819.
The band, which originally consisted of Andrew Callaway, his brother Dan Callaway and their father Liam Callaway, recorded its first album in a living room. That LP, “Three Cheers for Bertie,” was released in early 2010 and received a warm local response.
Two years later, after adding two percussionists and an extra vocalist, the band has released its first professionally-recorded album, “Alma.” The group will celebrate the release of the album at a show March 16 at the Spanish Moon.
The pace of recording the band’s first album was relaxed, as it was recorded in their house. But when they stepped into a studio, things got much more frantic for lead vocalist Andrew Callaway and the rest of England in 1819.
“We did the first album over the course of about two or three months. We’d just stop by and record something when we had time,” Andrew Callaway said. “But with this, we only had three days in the studio, so the stress was way