Well, we love The Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, The Allman Brothers get some props, Soundgarden, Lenny Kravitz, G&R, thanks for all the good times! The amazing magicians of Wilco, Aerosmith, The Friggin' Stones are always rocking, Jeff Buckley the sweetest soul, Little Feat for inspiration on how to keep on keepin' on, with a touch of Nilsson.... Dude, Nilsson sings Newman is fuckin' Fantastic!
Sounds Like
A bleeding heart, a revving engine, a black hole eating a shooting star, gettin' busy for the first time, the light bulb above your head, falling in love, seeing red, hauling ass, the cosmos...
Shades of Day is a rock and roll band. Joining classic rock swagger with modern textures, they sing like the Eagles if they were in the Black Crowes.
Currently putting the finishing touches on their second full length album in Ojai, CA with engineer/producer Michael Dumas (Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams), the band is excited and ready for a productive 2010 and a new album.
It's been 3 years since the band first introduced MAYDAY!, and the new songs are full of juicy stories and delicious hooks and harmonies. With the addition of Rami Jaffee on the B3 and keyboards, the album makes a decidedly richer and densely harmonic pitch.
Shades of Day has been opener or support for Ziggy Marley, Natasha Bedingfield, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Jason Mraz, Blondie, Little Feat, Snow Patrol, Sugarcult, Alter Bridge, ALO, Devon Allman, Glen Phillips, Kenny Loggins and Edwin McCain, in addition to sharing bills everywhere with many amazing unsigned groups.
Always up for a laugh and an adventure, they've played on a trailer towed by a Zippy Dippy Ice Cream Truck and toured the desert in summertime in an old yellow short bus. They've tried on clothes with Debbie Harry and smoked with Mark Tremonti. They've played many live TV and radio programs in the Santa Barbara/Ventura counties including 92.9 KJEE, 95.9 The Octopus, KCSB 91.9, Musical Cafe Ch. 17, and are regular offenders at the popular Wildcat Lounge in Santa Barbara and the Majestic Ventura Theater.
*Voted best band in Ventura County 3 years in a row '06-'08, and are in the running for 2010. (VC Reporter)
In any combination, they are pure entertainment. If you walked in on some between song banter, you'd feel quite like you were in a comedy. It's a striking and endearing contrast to the sincerity and passion of the group's music. The band is always the last to leave every show, making sure to greet and thank all who came. A true, down home rock band all full of heart and soul. They're doing it family style, like The Band... but for the modern age.
On MAYDAY!, the band's first album:
"...a unique musical journey that on one song might blend influences of the Grateful Dead with Blue Oyster Cult, while on another shoots through hints of bluegrass and jazzy arrangements on its way to a twist of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Strong percussion, melodies and vocals maintain the band's pumped-up classic rock feel that makes your hairs stand on end. But it's the well placed harmonica, sax and other musical goodies that keep listeners wanting to dig around MAYDAY's enticing grab bag of tunes."
~ Chris Fielder VC LIFE AND STYLE
MAYDAY! is temporarily out of print, but is available on Itunes and as a downloadable album at CDBABY.com/cd/shadesofday.
Hi! We're stopping thru Santa Barbara on our West coast tour! Wed. Dec. 2nd at Live Culture Lounge. Please come out and support and help spread the love!! xoxo - Astra
Hey SHADES of DAY, thank you for being our friend! where are you from? If you have a minute check out our stuff! Make sure to write us, we like hearing from everybody! And we are sincerely sorry if we have talked to you in the past, its just kinda hard to tell who is who from their little default pics haha. Either way write us back! Justin & The Season Premiere
If you think you could use a professional recording, talk to us. If you already have one, then check us out for the future! :-) Thanks! www.jmrecordings.com
Thanks for the add! We just finished new songs with the producer of Incubus, Jack's Mannequin, and Hoobastank. Let us know what you think about "Restless" and "Dark Day Afternoon" when you get a sec. :-) Thanks for being our friend.
Greetings. I just wanted to thank you for your continued support and invite you to have a first listen on myspace to the tracks off the new EP "Monster & Minstrel" due out later this month. Bright stars to you! Ahmond
Thanks for the friendship add!!! Much appreciated. Check out our
music on our Family Business site. It is mostly me and my sons and
what we do for fun. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Steve
Whats up Violet Wild fans! We are playing with Our Lady Peace on 10/21 @ The Clubhouse in Tempe, Az and we have exclusive pre-sale for $22 which is $10 less than the door. Hit us up and come hang for this rare intimate show with VW/OLP!!! And don't forget to party in the city where the heat is on, all night on the beach til the break of dawn
just wondering if you have a provisional date for the new alb - as I won $40 today and can afford it if its out before Nov - if not, it'll have to wait til i shift-butt to england and i'll buy it from there in the new year.
Thanks for your support of the last NLO concert the photos are now viewable on our myspace site. We are currently mixing the last 6 songs on our 17 track project. Look for it in stores in December 2009
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