Ella Riot and early works In 2007 Chamuel joined the
Ann Arbor, Michigan-based band
My Dear Disco, later named Ella Riot, as lead vocalist. The band toured across the United States and released the studio album
Dancethink (2008) and the EP
Love Child (2011). The band went into hiatus in October 2011. In 2010 Chamuel spoke about being lesbian and named
Elton John and
Ani DiFranco as artists she looked up to. After Ella Riot, Chamuel released the eponymous album
s/he (2011) with former bandmate Tyler Duncan, an EP titled
All the Pretty People (2012) and an EP titled
EP 1 (2012) with other artists. She released
remix music with original lyrics. She names
Max Martin and
Imogen Heap as major influences. She was influenced by the vocal styles of Heap and
Ella Fitzgerald and said they "opened me up to the idea that one could sing melodies like an instrument." In 2013 she took part in season four of
The Voice USA. In the blind audition she sang Katy Perry's "
I Kissed a Girl" and chose
Usher as her coach. Her rendition of
Pink's "
Just Give Me a Reason" received recognition on Pink's official website. Her rendition of Taylor Swift's "
I Knew You Were Trouble" received approval from Swift and charted on the
Billboard Hot 100. Over the course of ten episodes, she advanced to the finals and finished in second place.
Solo albums and later works Chamuel released her first solo album
All I Want in 2013 as The Reverb Junkie. She said her work as The Reverb Junkie centers on creative electronic music, whereas the work released under her own name has a performative and pop focus. The album reached number 6 on the U.S.
Dance/Electronic Albums chart. She released a single titled "
Go Down Singing" and spoke at a
TEDx gathering about the connection of music to one's sense of home. In 2014 she released an EP titled
The Drift with Arjun Singh and an EP titled
EP 2 with David Gonzalez. In late 2014 she headlined a seventeen city U.S. tour. In 2015 she released an album titled
Face the Fire. Eric Danton of
The Wall Street Journal called the album a collection of buoyant pop songs with tightly constructed hooks. The album reached number 21 on the U.S.
Independent Albums chart. In late 2015 she released an EP as The Reverb Junkie titled
I Am, and she co-wrote and produced "
Hang Out with You", a song by singer-songwriter
Mary Lambert. In 2016 she released an EP titled
Feel It and spoke about her focus on various aspects of music production. In 2017 she released an album of acoustic songs titled
Insights & Turnpikes. She released two instrumental works as The Reverb Junkie including an
ambient album titled
The Last Person Awake. In 2020 she released a studio album titled ''Couldn't Stay
. She produced the film score of Glitter & Doom'', a 2023
musical based on the songs of
Indigo Girls. ==Discography==