The Daysleepers

Band that you wish you were old enough to see live when they were in their heyday, but probably wouldn’t have seen them anyway because you’d think they were weird back then:

Slowdive

Band that disappoints you because the only thing you knew about them before listening to them was that the lead singer is Bruce Dickinson’s cousin, so you totally expected them to sound like Iron Maiden but they totally don’t:

Catherine Wheel

Hardcore band that traded in pop-punk beats for reverb pedals, started writing songs about anxiety medication, turned off the distortion, and are way better for it:

Turnover

Band you should listen to: The Daysleepers



When I decided I was going to start this blog, I knew this would be one of the first bands I would write about. Shout out to Nicole Pagnotta for being one step ahead of me and letting me know they have other records as well.

If you throw on Drowned in a Sea of Sound, you’ll immediately think of a rainy day in Manchester, England in the 80’s, or goth-ing out in Dublin in the early 90’s. The last thing you’d think to yourself, probably, is “Man, this sounds like a mid-2000’s band from upstate New York.”

But, take a wild guess where they’re from.

I guess Buffalo has a certain gloom to it that makes producing brooding music like this a bit easier, because this is a band that actually captures that sound we’ve come to know and love as shoegaze-meets-brit-pop. It’s a sound that is incredibly hard to replicate because all of the core elements are stronger indicators of really bad bands rather than really good ones; obnoxiously loud instruments, subdued vocals that are indistinct, layers upon layers of effects pedals, harsh bass, and dynamic and fluid drumming.

And yet, it's hard to match a band that puts all of these components together seamlessly and well.

This band is now defunct. I think I speak for many of us when we say we wish they were funct.

This is a band you need to listen to right now.