The name game: it’s easy to play, way harder to win. When Charleston, SC native Jason Brewer adopted the name for his band back in 2005 (from a scene in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic: “Bill Murray, feeling all depressed, goes into a bar, and ‘Explorers Club’ is written on the wall. I thought, ‘What a cool name for a band!’”), he may not have known just how propitious a choice he’d made.The Explorers Club chronology 2005 - Jason Brewer forms original group in Charleston SC 2008 - Freedom Wind released (Dead Oceans Records) 2012 - Grand Hotel released (Rock Ridge Records) 2015 - Jason Brewer relocates to Nashville 2016 - Together released (Goldstar Records) 2019 - Jason Brewer reconceptualizes The Explorers Club as a collaborative project with a continually evolving cast of like-minded musicians 2020 – The Explorers Club and To Sing And Be Born Again released (Goldstar Records)