Today we’d like to introduce you to Andrew Loc (on behalf of the band DAYTRIP).
Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
We had played in different bands together over the years, and after our various projects became inactive, we decided to form DAYTRIP in March 2017. Todd and I had played in a shoegaze band called Future Age together in 2016 for a brief time and had really clicked musically, so it was very easy to work together again in a new context. In the months leading up to the band’s formation, Todd and I had talked about the style of music we’d ideally want to create – something positive, melodic, and catchy – and fortunately, we were on the exact same page.
I had known Declan from playing with him in a post-punk band previously and asked him to be in the band. It all came together quite organically- within a few weeks, we had written nearly a half dozen song.
Please tell us about your art.
Our music is fun, upbeat, and melodic. It usually starts with Todd bringing in basic skeleton of a song – a verse and chorus and some lyrics, then Declan and I sort of pick it apart and put it back together. Then we’ll bounce ideas off one another and adjust our parts to the point where the song reflects all our personal musical styles and influences.
While our music is catchy and fairly simple, it’s also important to us that it has introspection and artistic merit. We love playing shows, and want our fans to be able to move, think, and be happy with us. We hope that our music brings positivity into our listener’s lives, provides an escape or a mood for them, or gives them lyrics to relate to or sing along to.
Given everything that is going on in the world today, do you think the role of artists has changed? How do local, national or international events and issues affect your art?
We are humans first and artists second, so there are many instances where our music will reflect or address larger issues that are affecting us, consciously, or subconsciously. The three of us do our best to keep up with current news and events, and often discuss them at rehearsals. Oftentimes these conversations manifest themselves in the music in some way, be it a lyric that is particularly loaded or a bass line that is minor instead of major.
How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
We play shows quite often, and always love meeting new people, so the best way is to come out to one of our shows and say hi! We sell physical copies of our music and t-shirts at our shows, and also have our music on Band camp, Spotify, and iTunes. We promote our shows on Instagram and Facebook, so people can simply follow us and keep up to date with all the latest happenings.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://daytripsd.bandcamp.com
- Email: daytripsd@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daytripsd/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daytripsd
Image Credit:
Cartoon image: Eric Jensen
Album cover, one live photo, and personal photo: Michelle Kwon
Watermarked live photos: Tim Fears
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