Rumblings From The Black Night With RORY RODRIGUEZ From DAYSEEKER

Sometimes a band comes along that manages to transcend the normal
parameters of heavy music. A band who has all the elements to be
labelled as such, but also displays enough emotional resonance and
accessibility to allow their music to seep through into other
markets as well.
With a self coined phrase calling their music 'sad rock', Southern
Californian outfit Dayseeker have proudly evolved from
post-hardcore upstarts to a band whose sound sits somewhere between
that genre and many more, defiantly allowing their emotions to
dictate proceedings but still spicing things up with moments of
heaviness that in lesser hands would work against them.
Having recently released their sixth full length album Creature In
The Black Night, Dayseeker have grown musically once more,
delivering their most immersive and intentional record to date —
eerie, cinematic, and threaded with a dark emotional current. It is
a deeply personal experience for vocalist Rory Rodriguez, but one
which he feels is essential in his own personal development as well
as that of the bands.
 Dayseeker will be bringing their music to Australia early
next month for all three Good Things Festival shows, as well as two
select sideshows in Melbourne and Brisbane. HEAVY sat down with
Rodriguez recently to talk about the new album and their upcoming
Australian shows. We start by asking if the band is packed and
ready to go with the Australian tour looming large.
"I think so," he smiled. "It's a little nerve wracking because we
unfortunately parted ways with our guitar player very recently. We
have a good friend of ours who is gonna be filling in for us, so
these are our first shows with him. We're trying to get rehearsed
and make sure that everything's good and that our live show stays
intact. We really care about our live show being good, so other
than that, we are really excited about coming to play."
We mention there's no pressure at all having a debut gig in front
of 50,000 people, to which Rory lets out a laugh. "Yeah. I feel
worse for him. I think we get a warm-up show for a side show in
Melbourne so he will get to play to 900 people and then jump times
fifty for the festivals (laughs). He's a pro, though, He's gonna do
great."
In the full interview, Rory talks more about their live shows and
what we can expect, highlighting the differences between outdoor
and indoor gigs. He ran us through three songs Good Things punters
can listen to if they aren't that familiar with Dayseeker, plus the
diversity of the line-up and how that is a good thing for
festivals.
We talked about the just released Creature In The Black Night and
the early response, what Dayseeker were going for musically on
album number six and how it is their most immersive album to date.
He dove deeper into the lyrical content of the album and whether it
is an album of hope or despair, how singing about his problems has
worked over time and more.


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