Songbroker Song of the Day: DateMonthYear - 'South'

DateMonthYear began in 2003 as a “way of making music’, based around the writing, arrangement and production work of percussionist/ music educator Trevor Faville.

What followed was a musical vision that evolved and developed through the often-licensed first recording ‘Sampler’, to the Rockier  ‘7Ghosts’, through the experimental ‘Guitar/Remix Experiment’ collection and then to the more ambitious and darker ‘Pot/Kettle/Black’.

The music is best described as cinematic Indie rock, and the ongoing success of the music being licensed to TV and Movies around the world speaks to is cinematic scope and lyrical intensity.

The journey from 2003 has included  doing music for live theatre and gigs with  symphony orchestras, keeping up a constant live presence based around our hometown of Hamilton, New Zealand, and producing a series of independently  produced and directed music videos, some of which are of an unsettling and challenging nature.

2020 saw DateMontYear’s fifth album - a self-titled release. From this album, ‘South’ is a beautifully melodic track graced by the soothing vocals of Emma Koretz and featuring some unique angular electric guitar flourishes from Tyler Leet.

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