Days Between Stations

Days Between Stations is a partnership between guitarist Sepand Samzadeh and keyboardist Oscar Fuentes Bills. They named the band after the 1985 novel by Steve Erickson.[2] Samzadeh describes the band's sound as "art-rock", while Fuentes describes it as "post-prog".

For the novel by Steve Erickson, see Days Between Stations (novel).
Days Between Stations
Oscar Fuentes Bills and Sepand Samzadeh
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California
GenresArt rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock[1]
Years active2003-present
LabelsBright Orange Records, Capitol Records USA
WebsiteDays Between Stations
MembersSepand Samzadeh
Oscar Fuentes Bills

Biography

The duo came together in Los Angeles in November 2003 after Samzadeh placed an ad in the Music Connection magazine. Release of their first album was pushed back several times as the band members faced various difficulties, including the death of a family member.

In 2004, Fuentes and Samzadeh sent Bruce Soord, leader of the British band The Pineapple Thief, a CD with nearly an hour's worth of mostly improvised material. Soord used some of this material as the basis for the song "Saturday" on The Pineapple Thief's 12 Stories Down (Cyclops 2004).

To help flesh out their sound in the studio, the band contacted former Young Dubliners drummer Jon Mattox in 2005. Mattox joined in as drummer and co-producer. The band further enlisted guitarist Jeremy Castillo, Argentinian-born bassist Vivi Rama, sax player Jason Hemmens, singer Hollie Shepard, trumpeter Sean Erick and trombonist Kevin Williams. Samzadeh's uncle Jeffrey Samzadeh, who sings traditional Iranian classical music, also sang on the track "Requiem for the Living".

Their eponymous debut CD was released in October 2007 on Bright Orange Records. It was engineered by Evren Goknar of the Capitol Mastering team who is best known for his work with Queensrÿche, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Yes. The album received positive reviews and radio airplay. Former Yes guitarist Peter Banks said of the album: "Days Between Stations offer an inventive, eclectic mix of electronics: sometimes relaxed sound-washes interspersed with a rhythm-driven force... the subtle textures are played with a refreshing honesty and openness underpinned with an authentic transparency of sound that avoids most of the pitfalls and potholes of scary 'prog'."

Fuentes and Samzadeh's second album, In Extremis, was released in May 2013. It was produced by former Yes member Billy Sherwood and features contributions from veteran prog musicians Peter Banks, Rick Wakeman and Tony Levin.[3]

In June 2014, the band released their first music video for the track "The Man Who Died Two Times" from the album In Extremis, featuring Colin Moulding of XTC on lead vocals.[4]

The band's third Album, Giants, is scheduled for general release 21 September 21 2020.

Style

The band cite as influences progressive rock (Pink Floyd, Marillion, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, King Crimson) to post-rock (Sigur Rós, Godspeed You Black Emperor!), ambient music (Brian Eno, early Tangerine Dream), jazz-rock (Miles Davis' early 1970s output), post-punk (Sonic Youth, The Melvins, The Jesus Lizard) and contemporary classical (Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Adams).

Band members

2003-present

Discography

Compact discs

Music Videos

Contributors

Debut Album Reviews

Notes
  1. allmusic ((( Days Between Stations > Biography )))
  2. "25-Nov-2007 interview with Sepand Samzadeh on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. "7-July-2013 interview with Oscar Fuentes Bills on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. "DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS RELEASE THEIR FIRST EVER PROMO VIDEO!". prog.teamrock.com. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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