Dag for Dag
Tue 12 May 2009
Don’t Let Me Down
More music from Sweden, this time it’s Dag for Dag. The name translates to ‘day by day’ in English. Californian siblings Sarah and Jacob Snavely formed the band after years on the road, living and getting lost from San Francisco to London and many places in between, before eventually ending up in Stockholm. The pair reunited and lived together in a small one-room bourgeoisie style apartment in Stockholm and that is when the music began to flow from within their creative minds. In Sweden the pair found a place to call home; a place to love and a place to be inspired.
They first started playing together in September 2007, armed with guitars and both sharing vocal duties. To translate to the live setting they employed a drummer. Soaking their songs in reverb, laid amongst beautiful flowing rhythms and weeping guitars, the duo’s music bathes in darkness. Similarities can be drawn to The Smiths, The Veils or PJ Harvey, a lot depends on who’s singing as the songs tend to be based around the different vocal platforms of each individual’s style.
Their career thus far has been very prosperous, they have shared the stage with Lykke Li, The Kills, Wolf Parade and Shout Out Louds, and in coming weeks they will play shows with Women and Handsome Furs. The band has an EP titled Shooting From The Shadows out now via Saddle Creek Records; home to other artists including Sebastian Grainger and Richard Swift.
Dag for Dag- You Holler, You Scream: MP3
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