DANIEL VICTOR is Neverending White Lights.
Act II Features the following special guest vocalists:
Auf Der Maur
Coury Palermo (lynden)
Mat Joly (Mobile)
Matt Hales (Aqualung)
Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel)
Sune Rose Wagner (The Raveonettes)
Hawksley Workman
Lexi Valentine (Magneta Lane)
Everything and nothing all at once. It would be impossible to accurately sight all that has influenced this album and project. My life has been infused with music since birth. In an attempt to compare sonic landscapes, ideas, and somewhat comprable similarities, you could reference the following: Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Kent, Smashing Pumpkins, Ours, Craig Armstrong, Pink Floyd, The Cure, David Bowie, M83, Joy Division, New Order, Colder, Rufus Wainwright, Phil Collins, George Michael, Matthew Good, Clan of Xymox, Depeche Mode...but to only name a few.
Sounds Like
A bird dying in your arms while its lifeless body mirrors your fragile heart
Neverending White Lights
ACT II: the blood and the life eternal
A Note From The Director
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Alongside thoughts of grandeur and battles with my own lucid expectations of penetrating the lives of others and challenging music when I approached Act I, I have since returned to the very place I created it in order to gather the strength and energy to produce the next chapter.
Where its predecessor brimmed with the notions of death, spirituality and angels, Act II was poised to play to the opposite end of the spectrum. I had initially intended ..ing this album’s concept on the idea of ghosts and spirits, but as I began the writing process and research, peculiar things began to happen. I encountered a number of ghastly dreams and often awoke to visions of entities that weren’t actually there. Many times these ghosts simply vanished from the room after striking eye contact with me. In between these events, I beheld continuous unexplained and blatant noises, witnessed equipment in the studio curiously malfunctioning, and lost a number of tracks on tape, which seemingly disappeared with no plausible account. Perhaps in all my research and writing I was attracting spirits. Unenthused about being haunted, I dropped the concept and began devising new ideas. Immediately, it came to me: the subject matter of a ceaseless existence, everlasting life, the undead and its symbolism through our life flow in its purest form, blood. In my mad ramblings on the topic, I penned nearly sixty songs, about thirty of which went on into production, and fifteen of which were chosen for the final album. This is what became Act II: The Blood And The Life Eternal.
These recordings were committed to tape in the same fashion as the earlier works, in my home studio with what I had available at the time. This gave us the innocence and spirit, and made things romantic, but it also placed limits on important factors and built boundaries around what could be done, ultimately forcing me to become more creative and giving the product something unique. I realize now it has become exactly what it was supposed to be: a sonically rich and heavily textured album soaked in melody and not without attention to detail. It’s bigger, faster, stronger and more epic and lush than the first album. Amidst the sawdust and slivers, we paid more attention to the little things, and put care into each note. I begged, borrowed and stole most of the gear where I had the chance, and recorded piano parts in churches moments before being chased out of them.
Production came to include choirs, strings, trash, scattered fragments of vocals and ambient keyboard sounds, all floating in the abyss of a would-be song. I also wasn’t afraid of the reverb knob, and I took direct production inspiration from many lost 80’s balladeers like George Michael and Phil Collins. There was a beauty to that era that we never got back, and I wanted to find it and put it out there.
The success from the first album was a surprise, but a welcome one. I wasn’t expecting to tackle the mainstream so soon in my career, as I wanted to establish my place in music slowly; however, that album spawned a hit song (“The Grace” featuring Dallas Green of Alexisonfire and City & Colour), large enough to change lives and win me awards for Best New Band and Favorite Single of the Year (Radio Music Awards and Independent Music Awards respectively), a 1 chart position on MuchMusic’s Countdown, and a Juno Nomination for Best New Artist Of The Year. The fan base grew, and our live concerts got larger. After a cross-country arena tour opening for Our Lady Peace and watching myself chase angels on television, I quickly learned to grow into my new shoes. And, actually, they fit quite well. This was the moment I walked off stage, past fans, opened my studio door and picked up the guitar to pen the new record. 400 exhausting days later, it’s finished.
Hope this finds you well & in a beautiful place surrounded by awesome people that love you completely for who you really are... Much love!!
We, being the South African rock band PARKLANE, currently going huge in Canada, have put all our new tracks up on our page & would love it if you had a listen & exposed yourself to our aural love.. Would dig some feedback too if you have the time nudge-nudge wink-wink. If you would like to get to know the band-members, Ryan, Daniel, Damo & I (Darin) have written up some bio's & thrown them up on our page..
We have also set ourselves up on iLike & would be super stoked if you hit the link below to give us a boost on that platform too:
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Hi Neverending White Lights, Welcome new friend! AWESOME Voice and Songs! I like it especially the song, "The Grace." Keep up the continue GREAT work and positives vibes. It's my pleasure to have you in my circle of friends. *** (^_^) *** Cheers from New York. Rhonya
I just recently discovered your music and I must say it has taken my breath away. All of your songs are so unbelievably amazing it would be impossible to put it into words. The Song My Life Without Me is the most beautiful song I have ever heard and for the first time ever in my life I can say I have a single most favourite song! Thank you so much for your contributions to the world of music.
Hi, thanks for the add! I am absolutely in awe of your music, like I was the first time I heard Ours, only difference is your music is prettier and more classical than Ours is, I love it, and I will be looking for the next album! *hugs and peace* ~Jessica~
wow...Your page looks really awesome and your music sounds really cool too!
Thanks for adding Rockizoid Fans!
Rockizoid is based in Toronto Ontario, founded by Denny DeMarchi, keyboard / guitar player for Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries.
Please visit Rockizoid Fans page to listen to his new song “All Your Fault”. We think Denny’s Vocals sound a lot like Bono of U2 in this song, it Rocks!!!
Hey Neverending White Lights - hope all is well in your world.
All of our music is up on iTunes (and a bunch of other online music distributors). It would be awesome if you wanted to download a couple of our tracks - help us fund our next album! :)