Dayseeker

In the organizer's words:

Dayseeker

The US post hardcore band comes to Munich, Oberhausen, Hamburg and Berlin in November and December

Support: Rain City Drive & Heart Of Gold

Post-hardcore is currently at an all-time high, which is undoubtedly due to bands like Dayseeker. The band and their singer Rory Rodriguez have played their way to the top of the US post-hardcore scene with the release of their latest album "Dark Sun" (2022). But Dayseeker already caused a sensation in 2019 with their album "Sleeptalk" , reaching number 3 in the US Heatseekers Charts and becoming internationally renowned. With over 52 million Spotify streams, the album's title track is now the band's most successful single. "Without Me " and "Burial Plot " are two more hits above the 25 million stream mark and are listened to by more than 1 million people every month on the streaming platform. After several sold-out shows on a US headline tour, Dayseeker will return to Europe in late fall 2024 to play four shows in Germany with Rain City Drive and Heart Of Gold.

Formed in 2012 in Orange County, California, the band was signed to InVogue Records in 2013 after releasing a few demos. On their debut album "What It Means To Be Defeated" , Dayseeker initially played modern metalcore, which was already supplemented by catchy choruses, but was significantly more abrasive than "Origin", which was released in 2015. Their second album and first European headline tour culminated in a signing with Spinefarm and the 2017 release of "Dreaming Is Sinking///Waking Is Rising", on which Dayseeker continue the heaviness of their early days. "Vultures" is a hard-hitting metalcore track, while "Six Feet Under" points to the continuous development of an atmospheric post-hardcore sound. With their fourth album "Sleeptalk" in 2019, Dayseeker finally break all boundaries and expose a modern post-hardcore sound with elements of djent ("Crooked Soul"), pop-influenced alternative rock ("Drunk" & "Burial Plot") and hard metalcore riffs ("Gates Of Ivory") that point to the versatility of their music.

After the successful album released in 2019, the band's latest album "Dark Sun" followed in 2022. Tracks such as "Without Me" and "Neon Grave" quickly stand out with their explosive riffs and catchy choruses, becoming a flagship for Dayseeker's constantly evolving sound. At the center of this sound is the singer's partly R&B-influenced vocals, which are set amidst atmospheric post-hardcore elements and modern alternative rock guitars, only to break out into metalcore with hard breakdowns from time to time. With emotional lyrics and, according to Rodriguez, a more mature approach, "Crying Without Dancing" and "Parallel", on the other hand, are perhaps their poppiest yet and deliberately avoid any metal or hardcore influences. Most recently, Dayseeker released acoustic versions of"Burial Plot", "My Immortal" and "Neon Grave", on which the band presents itself completely stripped down and demonstrates its extraordinary songwriting skills in a new way.