# DIY Albums, EPs and Singles from The Directionals, Daylight Fireworks, Remember Your Dead, Morning Harvey, Adam George

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- Published: 2012-11-23T18:44:13-05:00
- Author: Max Hammer

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As a former member of rock bands **This Robot Life** and **Color Deluxe**, Milwaukee
musician **Mark Poe**, decided to create his own band. In 2007, he took a break 
from his music studies in college to work on his own music. Four years later in 
2011, he set out to form the band, **The Directionals**, with a group of like-minded“
rock and roll junkies,” and fellow music students, he’d met on campus.

The band evolved into what Poe called “an artistic collective and garage rock powerhouse
ensemble,” with **Bob Schaab** on drums, **Tory Dewalt** on bass, **Sean Jurewicz**
on lead guitar, and himself as lead composer, vocalist, and rhythm guitarist. As
with all DIY bands, they will need to work on honing their sound, but we think their
brand of garage rock/surf pop is worthy of mention. The Directionals have opened
for artists such as **Tiger Waves** (a great band we’ve featured in the past), **
Wavvy Hands, Ahab’s Ghost** and **The Gazettiers**, while Poe lists his major musical
influences as Arctic Monkeys, Spoon, Buddy Holly, The Ramones, Pinback, and Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club. This is the band’s first single, “Serenade of Fire,” followed
by the B-side, “Eyes.”

“Serenade of Fire” – **The Directionals** from _Serenade of Fire_ single

**Double-shot**: “Eyes” – **The Directionals** from _Serenade of Fire_ single

The Directionals Official Website

![daylightfireworks](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/61mIqbnCi2L._SL500_AA280_.
jpg "daylightfireworks")

In 2009, two former members of the disbanded **Bristol**, England group **Porchlight**
formed **Daylight Fireworks**, eventually adding two other members. In 2010, the
new band released their well-received debut album, _Skellington_, followed by a 
six-track EP titled _Secretly, We Hope_. After the departure of their bass player,
the remaining members decided to stay together as a trio. On Friday, **Daylight 
Fireworks** will drop their sophomore album, _Some Kind of Low_, from which we have
two lo-fi singles, the title track and the track “Vs.” It’s certainly not everyone’s
cup of tea, nor an earth-shattering record (they have some work to do), but some
people might dig the band’s unrefined guitar rock sound. **Daylight Fireworks** 
has previously opened for bands like **Tellison, Hot Club de Paris, The Crookes**,
and the **Ex-Lovers**. Their major musical influences include Pavement, Seafood,
and Death Cab For Cutie.

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“Some Kind of Low” – **Daylight Fireworks** from _Some Kind of Low_

**Double-shot:** “Vs.” – **Daylight Fireworks** from _Some Kind of Low_

Daylight Fireworks Homepage
 ⌊rememberyourdead⌉

#### Cross-Continental Duo, Remember Your Dead, Release Debut Album

The cross-continental duo **Remember Your Dead** was formed this past summer by 
long-time Maryland friends, **Mario Munoz** and **Richard Sanchez**. The seeds of
their collaborative musical effort were planted over a decade ago when they began
playing music together with a $10 USB microphone hooked up to a rudimentary computer
that is a joke compared to today’s much more powerful PCs and Macs. Together, Munoz
and Sanchez crafted moody, melancholic demos that were very rough. Yet over the 
past decade, they honed their musical and technical skills in the areas of writing,
recording, mixing and mastering. In 2010, they joined up with the band **Tigertronic**
and self released an EP.

Soon after, Munoz moved across the continent to **Redlands**, California, while 
Sanchez stayed behind in **Tacoma Park**, and revived a gestating musical project,**
Panda Sanchez**. But the two did not give up on their plans to release their own
EP, and this summer, thanks to stunning developments in affordable recording technology,
persistence, and the Internet, they achieved their goal. The EP is a melancholic,
yet energetic, collection of rock songs, instrumentals, vocal arrangements and moody
transitions. The duo sent us two songs from the EP to share with everyone.

[“Innuendo Eyes”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/06%20Innuendo%20Eyes.mp3)–**
Remember Your Dead** from _Vigilia_ EP

[“After You”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/02%20After%20You.mp3)–**
Remember Your Dead** from _Vigilia_ EP

Remember Your Dead Official Website

#### New Releases from Two Down Under Artists, Morning Harvey and Adam George

The Aussie band, **Morning Harvey**, is a quintet based in **Brisbane**, Australia.
Since forming in 2011, they’ve become fairly popular in their hometown, and increasingly,
throughout Australia, for their interesting mix of genres such as psych, “drone,”(
obviously not like the remote aerial weapon we read about in the news), dream pop
and rock.

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Earlier this year, the band recorded their debut EP with the popular Australian 
producer **Yanto Browning** (Art of Sleeping, The Medics, Tara Simmons). They’ve
also opened for bands like **Cut Off Your Hands, Bass Drum Of Death, Expatriate**
and the **Bleeding Knees Club**. They dropped their new single, “Don’t Try It,” 
earlier this week. The song, a psych alternative rock track inspired by drone rock
and fused with hazy reverb and atmospheric guitar hooks, airy melodies and soaring
vocals, is the lead single from the EP. The band lists their top musical influences
as Tame Impala, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols and the Black Rebel 
Motorcycle Club.

Next, **Sydney**, Australia, singer-songwriter **Adam George** creates a minimalistic
style of pop with gorgeous melodies and dreamy vocals as the single, “Clocks,” clearly
demonstrates.

[“Don’t Try It”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Dont%20try%20it.mp3)–**
Morning Harvey** from _Don’t Try It_ EP

[“Clocks”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/11_clocks-radio-edit.mp3)–**
Adam George** from _Black Rainbow_ EP