Division Day is one of the hottest bands going with a most unique sound. The Los Angeles band playing CMJ has a brand new album - Beartrap Island which really must be owned (look for it today) and they have this neat little project where they release cover songs of other musicians songs each week. Creativity knows no bounds! ARTIST OF THE DAY: DIVISION DAYDIVISION DAYDivision Day - ColorguardHIGHLY RECOMMENDEDDivision Day - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode!)This is the latest to be released:Division Day - Plowed (Sponge!)IN THEIR OWN WORDSWhy cover a Sponge song?“Everyone remembers this song- maybe not the name, or the band that bestowed it upon us, but a recited line or two will bring a gleam of nostalgic recognition to the eye of the skinny-jeansed-est hipster you know. It's a dumb song by a thoroughly forgotten band, but somehow we killed thirty-plus van minutes in Texas coaxing from our memories the whole thing, from start to finish, and then dropped several quarters (later that
Division DayGenre: Indie Pop / ShoegazeFrom: Los Angeles, California, United StatesIn the summer of 2001, Division Day moved into a house in the Santa Cruz woods without ever having played a note together as a foursome. They turned the master bedroom into a makeshift recording studio that would see the birth of their first EP. Featuring Rohner Segnitz (vocals, keyboards), Ryan Wilson (guitar), Seb Bailey (bass, guitar, vocals), and Kevin Lenhart (drums), Division Day swings freely between precise arrangement and reckless abandon, crafting spirited, infectious anthems of loss and heartache that, like deja vu all over again, sound familiar the first time you hear them and leave you grasping for comparisons. Match the lyrical darkness of a more imagistic Leonard Cohen with the furious drumming of Brendan Canty (Fugazi), the elegant basslines of John Stirratt (Wilco), and the supple, atmospheric guitar shards of Nick McCabe (The Verve), and you might come close to approximating the band'
