After a few years of performing, Mandaila’s founding member (and Middlebury resident) Mark Daly disbanded the group in order to spend more time with his young family. Going solo for a spell, he grew tired of “doing it himself” and reformed the band last year with a different lineup. The new band made their debut at last year’s Foodaroo Festival. Says Daly about this new incarnation of Mandaila “It’s probably my best, most effective attempt at this point in marrying acoustic instruments with electronic and digital drum machines and synths… There's a lot of dynamics and drastic shifts within these songs as things dance between organic beauty and more bombastic digital elements."
Madaila is Mark Daly (guitar & vocals), Jer Coons (guitar), Josh Weinstein (bass), Steve Hadeka (drums), Zane Gundersen (keyboards), Tony Naples (pedal steel guitar)