Days Away: Ear Candy for the Headphone Trippers

    Days Away was a progressive indie rock band from Langhorne, PA, which in my opinion lasted much shorter and put out much less material than it should have. They signed to a label, Fueled By Ramen, for their first real album, Mapping an Invisible World in 2005, but broke up soon after and only released a partial album on their own, Ear Candy for the Headphone Trippers in 2007. 
    I'm fairly picky about my tastes, especially when it comes to so called progressive rock, it has to be intelligent and not just too much jamming, like Dream Theater perhaps, or  heavy on ridiculous solos. That being said, Days Away is almost hardly a progressive rock band. But, if compared as contrary to a lot of rock music that has a simple rock beat, Days Away has intelligent drumming patterns that change and emphasize syncopations and almost creates mixed meters without actually employing hemiola or meter changes. Perhaps a better tag in terms of style would be pop-punk, especially since their first album The Feel of It is definitely punk.
    Honestly, I was first attracted to this band because of the name of the album and it took me a bit to get into Mapping an Invisible World, even though it is a great album as well. This is a band I so wish had stayed together. Currently, some of the members are pursuing a completely different style of music with their folk band, Good Old War. Seems like a very odd musical change and I do not quite understand the thought process or desire behind the shift..."I just want to play folk music (and go from meaty to minimal)," but hey it's their choice, our loss.
    Enjoy the song, "Being A Part of You" in the MixPod player.