Tank full of Oil: Daughters (USA)

Daughters (USA)

Daughters, sometimes called “The Daughters” or “Daughters!”, is a mathcore band formed in 2001 in Providence, Rhode Island after the demise of Providence-based As the Sun Sets. Daughters have three releases including their self-titled EP, Canada Songs LP and Hell Songs. It has also been announced that the band will re-release their self titled ep under the title “2002 EP” on April 1, 2009. Recording for Daughters’ next full-length album is scheduled to begin in late-April. The band’s sound is a mixture of Grindcore and Experimental Rock, with a large influence of noise music and even death metal at times. This combination has caused the band to be labeled as Mathcore, even though the band’s music focuses very little on technicality and rather fast, odd sounding riffs that are typically played on higher frets (whereas a typical grindcore band would play on lower frets), tapping, and oddly placed clean guitar “melodies”, Thus, the band could be described as a more extreme version of The Blood Brothers.
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Daughters (frequently mislabeled 'The Daughters') is an intense mathcore band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2001, following the demise of another Providence-based mathcore band, As The Sun Sets. Their music is fast and experimental. Their drums commonly feature blast beats, their guitars a blur of high pitched squeals and fast fretting. With the release of Hell Songs, including a new vocalist/style Daughters became more of a noise/experimental band, with vocals more reminiscent of The Jesus Lizard than traditional hardcore or metalcore vocalizing, and toured with bands like The Locust, Russian Circles, Young Widows, and The Chinese Stars.

Some of the members formed a project named Fang Island, which is an instrumental band that seems to break away from their normal musical style.
(http://www.myspace.com/fangisland)
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By titling their 2018 fourth full-length and debut for Ipecac Records, You Won’t Get What You Want, Daughters send a crystal clear message. The quartet—Alexis Marshall [vocals], Nick Sadler [guitar], Jon Syverson [drums], and Sam Walker [bass]— follow the same internal compass that guided them to blur the lines of fickle heavy music sub-genres in the first place and quietly ignite a cult fervor typically reserved for grindhouse phenomena.

In fact, the best way to describe the philosophy and the sound of the quartet is simply: rock ‘n’ roll.

"I've always felt we decide what a Daughters record is,” Alexis states. “It's not a sound or an aesthetic. Daughters is the name of our group and, we will do whatever we want to do with it.”

“We’ve changed our sound from record to record since the beginning,” says Nick. “We always had a very broad interest and taste in music across the spectrum. We are a rock band at heart, expect not to expect anything.”

There was a time expecting another Daughters record might’ve been met with disappointment. On the heels of their 2010 self-titled offering, the members engaged an indefinite hiatus. One fated dinner and two sold out hometown shows in Providence in 2013 saw them pick up where they had left off. Throughout the next four years the band recorded, eventually culling down a Dropbox of 150 ideas to the ten comprising You Won’t Get What You Want. In the end, if you want a Daughters record, you’ll get it here.