Heartless Breakers are a new band composed of Matt Mascarenas (ex-Daytrader), Bryan Lee, and Chase Griffis. PropertyOfZack is happy to be streaming a new song from the band today called “Bitter Melodies” and to be posting a statement regarding their formation and upcoming plans. Check out the song and statement below after the jump!
There have been an unfortunate amount of breakups over the past few months - maybe even more than normal. It’s always a bummer when we are forced to say goodbye to our favorite bands, so we thought it’d be great to do a PropertyOfZack Friday Discussion on Bands Who Broke Up Too Soon (and released two or less albums), in the eyes of our staff members. Check out our list below and feel free to reblog with some of your most missed and beloved bands as well!
Tigers Jaw, by Zack Zarrillo
Tigers Jaw’s upcoming breakup is bittersweet. For years, both fans and people on the inside of the industry said, “This is their year.” We waited and waited, and in many ways their breakup will forever keep us waiting. The band put out two fantastic full-lengths, a great split with Balance & Composure, and numerous other releases over the years. They never quite took advantage of it though. College, life, and what appeared to be disorganization got in the way time after time. We’re currently watching bands like Balance & Composure and Touché Amoré quickly climb their own ranks, and Tigers Jaw should be right there with them - but they’re not. Watching a Tigers Jaw live set was and will always be a special experience. You get wrapped into the set, you feel young, and you feel light. It’s a shame we won’t get to continue that experience with the band after the coming summer.
The Format, by Erik van Rheenen
Oh, the bands we lost in the name of Fun. Jack Antonoff jumped off jangly indie-rock darlings Steel Train to tackle guitar for the project, and jack-of-all-trades Andrew Dost parted ways with experimental folk outfit Anathallo. But the loss that smarted the most for music fans was knowing that once singer Nate Ruess started the band, The Format was pretty much dead to rights.
As fantastic as Fun. has proven to be, the band hasn’t quite bottled the spastic theatrics and romantics that became the calling card of The Format. Ruess cut his teeth as a bombastic frontman on the duo’s indie pop debut record Interventions + Lullabies in 2003, but 2006’s Dog Problems is a surefire masterpiece. Ruess and multi-instrumentaist Sam Means sounded synergistic on lush tracks like “Oceans” and “Inches and Falling,” and if you hear the early Queen-ish leanings from Some Nights on the title track, you’re probably not just hearing things.
Aim and Ignite and Some Nights are nearly-flawless cuts of Ruess’s flair for songwriting, but how could Means and Ruess have tag-teamed a follow-up to the sweet slice of crazy that was Dog Problems? Unfortunately, it looks like we’ll never find out.
Acceptance, by Erik van Rheenen
What the hell ever happened to Jason Vena? Besides a guest spot on an Ivoryline tune and a cameo on All Time Low’s “Outlines,” one of the most top-notch vocalists in the alternative rock scene up and disappeared with Acceptance. And it’s too bad, since Vena and company look to be doomed to one-album wonder status with just Phantoms to their name. But oh, what a one album it is.
Layered guitars and Aaron Sprinkle’s gentle producing touch abound on the record, which debuted on Columbia Records in 2005. That major label pressure is one that most bands cave under, but Acceptance rose to the challenge on Phantoms, a catchy, poppy album laden with massive hooks and moody attitudes. Vena’s vocals are the clear highlight, belting pristinely over ballad “Different” and killer “So Contagious.” It bottled the pop rock genre at its purest and finest.
It doesn’t look like Vena is too keen on the idea of taking up the Acceptance mantle for one more spin, but besides a couple EP’s, fans are at least left with one album that’s pitch-perfect for road trip sing-alongs.
Daytrader, by Adrienne Fisher
The major tell-all sign that Daytrader was on the rocks came in pretty surprising form, as halfway through a fall tour with The Jealous Sound, vocalist Tym announced that he was leaving the band due to personal and creative differences with the other members. An inevitable drop from the tour came next, followed by an official declaration of quits about a month afterwards. So why was it too soon? Bands and their members butt heads and break apart all the time, and Daytrader, while demonstrating some notoriety in the scene, weren’t necessarily pillars of support
The biggest disappointment in Daytrader’s breakup ultimately exists in the full-length record that was released only about six months before the end. Twelve Years, simply put, emphasized a big step in songwriting for the band, both in maturity and style. Pegged as somewhat of a pop-punk band in the early days with a demo 7” of basement punk songs, followed by the more refined Last Days of Rome EP that came out on Run For Cover, the band certainly demonstrated their capacity for writing a killer hook as well as songs with some serious melodic substance. Twelve Years, which was a Rise Records release, saw the band spinning all they had accomplished so far into a solidly cohesive full-length, executing flawlessly what I can only describe as the trademark forlorn Long Island/New York vibe (please reference the Brand New record of your liking). And it’s awesome.
PropertyOfZack is happy to be streaming the debut EP from Some Stranger (ex-Daytrader) an evening early for fans. The EP will be out digitally tomorrow for a pay-what-you-want amount and physically via Robotic Empire on April 30th and can be pre-ordered here. Stream the EP below by clicking “Read More!”
Some Stranger (ex-Daytrader) will be releasing their self-titled debut EP digitally on April 2nd and physically via Robotic Empire on April 30th. Stream a new song called “On And On” here and check out the artwork and track listing for the EP below by clicking “Read More.”
Hostage Calm recently performed “Woke Up Next To A Body” featuring Tym (ex-Daytrader, Some Stranger). Check out the video below by clicking “Read More.”
Some Stranger (ex-Daytrader) have released a new song called “Points Exist.” Stream it here and see what frontman Tym had to say about the project below by clicking “Read More.”
Daytrader have broken up, but former lead singer Tym has already wrapped up recording for a new band called Some Stranger with Daniel Danger (artist/printmaker that has done work for ABC, HBO, AMC, and LucasArts). The band recorded their debut material with producer Gary Cioffi (Transit, Misser), and we have their final Behind The Booth feature ready to go on PropertyOfZack. Check out a final studio feature with Some Stranger with video, text, and photos below!
“Well, it’s done. First batch of songs are recorded. The last few days included a lot of experimentation mostly; Working with sounds we’re not used to working with, trying different harmonies/arrangements/etc.
It’s sort of odd making a record like this having never played the songs live in a room before. They really took on a life of their own in the studio and songs we thought of a certain way ended up with a totally different vibe once we recorded them for real. It’s kind of ironic that the process of writing these songs through e-mails and such ended up so organic once we recorded them proper. We just kept adding layers and changing this note or that lead or adding a part here or there. It was more of a blank canvas than something you practice over and over with five people.
Daytrader have broken up, but former lead singer Tym is not wasting any time. Tym has started a new band called Some Stranger with Daniel Danger (artist/printmaker that has done work for ABC, HBO, AMC, and LucasArts). The band is currently recording their debut material with producer Gary Cioffi (Transit, Misser), and it looks like it’s shaping up great so far. Check out a first Behind The Booth studio feature with Some Stranger with video, text, and photos below!
So Daytrader’s not a band anymore. It was a tumultuous turn of events, but in the days following everything that happened my long-time friend/collaborator Daniel Danger suggested (half jokingly) we start a band. He sent me a couple of tracks he had been working on instrumentally and I was blown away.
Within 48 hours we had two songs completely done. Though we lived only a few miles away from each other, we ended up writing almost everything by sending logic files back and forth via e-mail. The material was pretty different for me. The creative/frantic guitar-work combined with a liberal use of effects pedals (dan has literally one of the largest vintage effects pedal collections in the world) really made them have their own vibe. I arranged the music to work with my storytelling / songwriting approach and all of a sudden we had enough songs to make a record.
The complexity and style of the instrumentals really pushed me to challenge myself as a vocalist. I had been on tour so much this past year I had all these songs/words/melodies stuck in my head and in my notebook and it just all poured out, singing in my bedroom to the music Daniel had created in his bedroom.
So now we’re a bit more than halfway through the recording process of our first record. It’s going well. It’s getting weird. Here’s our producer Gary Cioffi making things sound good:
Our good friend Derrick helped us out by tracking the drums. Here’s him looking cool:
PropertyOfZack has confirmed that Daytrader have broken up. The news comes just a month after losing former vocalist, Tym, and originally hoping to find a replacement. Due to the break up, the band has dropped off their last planned tour with Such Gold in Europe and are being replaced by Major League. Daytrader released their first and only record, Twelve Years, this past spring via Rise Records.
Daytrader have dropped off of their European tour with Such Gold and are being replaced by Major League. Check out the dates below by clicking “Read More.”
Tym, Daytrader’s former frontman, has posted an unreleased untitled song that was recored between the band’s EP and full-length record. Stream it below by clicking “Read More.”
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Daytrader Continuing On; Announcing New Singer, Tours Soon
Daytrader’s Frontman Leaves Band; Band’s Status Unclear
It’s time for The Weekly Tour Round-Up! There are a ton of great tours going on this fall and winter and more are getting announced each week. Below you’ll find all the tours going on over the next few months, with newly announced tours listed above previously announced tours. So check out all the tours if you’ve missed any of them and make sure to mark them down on your calendars!
New Tours:
POZ Sponsored Tours
Topshelf Records CMJ Showcase [10/19]
Run For Cover Records CMJ Showcase [10/20]North America
Sparks The Rescue [10/19-10/28]
HRVRD, Junior Astronomers [11/03-11/15]
Trash Talk, MellowHype [11/09-11/20]
That’s Outrageous! [11/24-12/01]
Get Scared, Make Me Famous [11/24-12/16]
Like Moths To Flames, The Plot In You [11/30-12/09]
For All Those Sleeping, Close To Home [11/30-12/15]
Make Do And Mend, Seahaven, Young Statues [12/04-12/10]
Anthony Green, Geoff Rickly [12/05-12/16]
Underøath, mewithoutYou, As Cities Burn, letlive. [1/16-1/26]
Dead Sara, Muse [02/10-03/02]United Kingdom|Mainland Europe
Such Gold, Daytrader, Funeral For A Friend [01/23-02/19]Australia
Mayday Parade, We Are The In Crowd, Heroes For Hire [12/07-12/09]South America
Texas In July [12/01-12/03]
Previously Announced Tours:
Such Gold, Daytrader, Funeral For A Friend, and I Divide will be doing a very lengthy UK tour this January and February. Check out the dates below by clicking “Read More.”
The Maine
Forever Halloween
Citizen
Youth
Jimmy Eat World
Damage
I Can Make A Mess
Enola
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