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Members
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Origin
Los Angeles
Genre
Progressive Rock
Style
Rock/Pop
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Born
2003
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2003 to Present...
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Days Between Stations is the creative partnership between guitarist Sepand Samzadeh and keyboardist Oscar Fuentes. The duo came together in Los Angeles in November 2003, and named the band after the 1985 novel by Steve Erickson. The band's sound - Samzadeh calls it "art-rock," Fuentes labels it "post-prog" - reflects their varied influences, as well as a shared disregard for stylistic boundaries. Indeed, on different tracks from their self-titled debut album, one can hear influences ranging from progressive rock (Pink Floyd, Marillion, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, King Crimson) to post-rock (Sigur Ros, Godspeed You Black Emperor!) to ambient (Brian Eno, early Tangerine Dream) to jazz-rock (think Miles Davis' early seventies output) to post-punk (Sonic Youth, Magazine) and even contemporary classical (Philip Glass, Steve Reich). The constant here is the band's commitment to create a unique sound and to turn a deliberate blind eye to the passing whims of the mainstream. To help flesh out the sound in the studio, the band contacted former Young Dubliners drummer Jon Mattox in 2005. Mattox (currently also with label-mates Uni) liked what he heard, and signed on not only as drummer but also as co-producer. The band further enlisted the help of guitarist Jeremy Castillo (also with the up-and-coming Mighty Six Ninety), Argentinian-born bassist Vivi Rama, sax player Jason Hemmens, singer Hollie Shepard, trumpeter Sean Erick, and trombonist Kevin Williams. Samzadeh's uncle Jeffrey Samzadeh, who sings traditional Iranian classical music, also lent his distinctive, plaintive wail to the track Requiem for the Living. The band has persevered and delivered an uncompromising debut they are proud of. And while much of the material on the album is dark (and deals, albeit instrumentally, with dark themes) and quite long - Requiem for the Living, which opens the album, is over 13 minutes long, while the epic closer Laudanum clocks in at over 22 minutes - the band does exhibit a "light" side. For example, Radio Song (with its vocoderized refrain of "Run! Run! Run!" that brings to mind Science Fiction films from the 50s) suggests a marriage between early Marillion and early U2 and has been chosen as the lead-off single from the album, as well as being featured in the recently-released independent film Young Single & Angry and its accompanying soundtrack. Their new album due to be released in May is entitled In Extremis, and alongside Sepand and Oscar features contributions from Billy Sherwood, the late Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Tony Levin and Colin Moulding (ex-XTC). Artwork for the album is by Paul Whitehead, famous for his artwork on the early Genesis albums, so expect something special.
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