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There’s no place in America you’re going to drop into that is going to have a scene full of that. Their sound fits into no specific category, combining the frantic energy of skate punk with big strumming guitars of an indie darling and just the barest touch of mariachi. It’s odd but not unexpected that Days n Daze are both nationally known and at the same time deeply underground. True to form they simply set up in the street where they quickly drew a crowd so large the bouncers came out to complain that more people were watching them than the headliners. But the deal went sour, and they were told that the slot wasn’t open after they’d shown up at the venue. If no one said yes then we’d just play on the sidewalk.”Īt one time the band had the chance to open for punk legends Rancid. “We just knocked on doors and asked if we could play. “When we first started out we didn’t even book shows,” says Flynn. Houston duo Jesse Sendejas (guitar) and Whitney Flynn (trumpet) have been touring steadily since 2008, but their approach to playing is akin to something closer to minstrels from the Robin Hood stories-picture The Clash if they had been dropped into King Arthur’s court and you get the basic idea. WRITTEN BY: JEF ROUNER POSTED ON WED, 03.04.15 AT 12:00PMĭayz n Daze is one-of-a-kind in a city known for inventing whole new styles of music. WE DARE YOU TO FIND A BAND MORE PUNK THAN HOUSTON’S DAYS N DAZE 'We Dare You To Find A Band More Punk Than Days N Daze' As an old friend used to say, that's a lot of ground to cover by morning. These are some true road warriors who are due in Europe next month, and this past weekend played Quebec's Amnesia Rockfest alongside the likes of blink-182, Rise Against and Ice Cube – before piling into the van for their gig last night in Alberta, some 2,200 miles away. But ultimately, DND may not be as talked-about as some of their H-Town peers for one simple reason: They're just not around all that often. Likewise, their lyrics tackle prickly themes like terrorism and environmental devastation alongside more recreational pursuits apparently they've spent at least one night in jail. (As a reference point, The Suffers, as seen on VisitHouston's local-TV campaign and headed for Freedom Over Texas next week, clock in at just over 18K.) Though they have rightly dubbed their music “thrashgrass” – it's largely acoustic, and also, well, really, really fast – DND are more complicated than that, like the way they weave trumpet into the songs on 2013's The Oogle Deathmachine, one of their many releases available on Bandcamp.

That hasn't stopped the quartet, founded in 2008 by Jesse's son Jesse and Whitney Flynn, from accruing upwards of 34,000 likes on Facebook. Unfortunately, this very publication may be somewhat culpable in Days N Daze's presence on an “underrated” list, thanks to the pesky conflict-of-interest concerns precluding our own Jesse Sendejas Jr.

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