Greetings from Days Between Stations!

It seems like only yesterday, but it's been nearly a year since the release of our debut album, and we want to take some time to thank all of our friends for making it such an exciting time for us:  we've received some great reviews, made some great friends near and far, and even, thanks to all of YOU, sold a few albums (in fact, we are literally a few CD's from selling out – time to order a fresh batch.) J 

Of course, the work of promoting the album is not finished, as we feel the album's still got "legs" (and other nice parts of its anatomy, if we may be so bold), so as usual there's a flurry of activity in the DBS camp:

Progression Magazine Interview / Reviews / Radio Play

·      We are elated to report that the current issue of Progression Magazine (the unofficial Prog "Bible" in the US) features an interview with us.  If you want to find out about us on a personal level, we encourage you to buy this issue as we really go in-depth on a range of topics, from how we compose music to the many personal problems that plagued us during the birthing process of the album (and nearly led to the sinking of the entire project):  www.progressionmagazine.com

·      We also made the June issue of Classic Rock Magazine, where Geoff Barton compared us to "Pink Floyd at their most bleak and impenetrable, the LA band add doses of Gabriel-style ethnicity to fine effect." J  The full review is posted on our official website (Review 42), as are other new reviews from the US, France, Holland, the UK, Poland, Israel, Germany, Belgium and Australia.  You can also find links to other reviews, we are very grateful that the reviewers really put in time to evaluate the album:

(http://daysbetweenstations.com/bulletin/?page_id=10 )

·      We are getting radio play worldwide, and want to thank all of the DJs who have been helping spread the word (or, more precisely, the music – here's a special thank you and our heartfelt gratitude to The Dividing Line's Frans Keylard for his continuous support and guidance).  Words can express our sincerest gratitude

·      We've also signed up for LAST FM.  Thanks to both Doug K. (USA) and Chris R. (UK) for signing us up and doing a lot of work.  You guys are the best!!!

We would love it if you signed up and got us more play…here is the link.

http://www.last.fm/music/Days+Between+Stations

Distribution

·      We have negotiated some worldwide distribution, and we are still working on getting even wider distribution.  We'll keep you updated.

The Single/EP and a Video Too!

·      You may have heard us discuss a possible CD single or EP release in the near future.  The idea is to release either Radio Song or How to Seduce a Ghost as a single (or both as a double A side) backed with some non-album tracks.  A 7" vinyl release is not out of the question.  Look for it around Christmas!

·      We are also looking into shooting a video for How to Seduce a Ghost.  More details soon! 

The Next Album

We've recently started writing (admittedly, in fits and starts and the odd backfire) for the next album and have now made headway on a number of ideas.  One, provisionally called Standing Still, is slowly taking shape and is looking like "the epic", with shades of Clint Mansell, Genesis at their most pastoral (and 12-stringy),  Keith Emerson at his most Bartokian, and a nod towards Mike Oldfield's "Crises." 

Then there's the much more straight-forward, and much more complete, "It Comes in Waves," a song that was written with a particular singer from a particular "band-you-may-have-heard-of" in mind, and which we hope WILL feature this mystery vocalist (we are very good at begging).  Of course, we'll keep you informed as to who this mystery man is. 

Another piece we're excited about is called "The Man Who Died Two Times" (after a Mexican folk/ghost tale).  Shades of Ultravox meets Marillion. 

There's many other ideas at different stages of development, of course, such as "Try Whistling To This As the Sky Is Falling," which almost made it onto the last album as an "intermission" and which now looks likely to be incorporated  into a larger piece, and the appropriately titled "Menacing Piano and Guitar."

We are also eager to bring edgier rock riffs, and a harder rock sound here and there.  We will still be writing abstract intermissions (we have nearly finished one called "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe").  The intermissions are very important to us, as they often tell stories and bind the songs into concepts, and they also allow us to be completely free.

A Note on Titles: bear in mind that some of these are working (and often ridiculous) titles.  Either/Or, for example, was originally called "Big Yellow Chair", while we briefly referred to Laudanum as either "Coleridge" or "Charlie Parker in Space",  and How to Seduce a Ghost went by the improbable name of "The Kitchen Paper Conspiracy."   

Discussion Forum

We want to thank Doug and Krys, who were kind enough to set up a DBS discussion forum.  We've just signed up ourselves, and we would love to see any of you there:

(http://daysbetweenstations.proboards84.com/).   Again, Doug we are so grateful for your time, heart, intelligence, integrity, talent, inspiration and thoughtfulness.

Of course, we also have our nifty MySpace site, and we'd like to invite anyone who hasn't stopped by to do so:

www.myspace.com/daysbetweenstationsband

So long for now, and feel free to ask us any questions.....

Oscar and Sepand