Garage Rocker-blogger Dfactor releases new CD 'Slashing the Sunlight'
Physical CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Dfactor2
Stream the tracks at http://Dfactor.me
Phoenix, AZ, October 1, 2009 - "Alright guys, this is the way we like to rock and roll, come along for the ride."
With these words begins the new rock and roll release 'Slashing the Sunlight' from Dfactor, the indie garage rocker who aptly embodies today's Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ethic. Over the last decade, Dfactor has stumbled headlong from early 'gee-whiz' recordings with little technical know-how, to the gritty, textured and well-crafted garage pop of 2008's 'Say Yeah!' Now, by sequestering himself 'solo a mano' in his new home of Phoenix, AZ, he's crafted his most rocked-up, accomplished recording effort by far.
The 12 songs on 'Slashing the Sunlight' represent bits of Dfactor's last decade of rockin' out in rehearsal studios, rock clubs and backyard fetes. The title cut blends The Standells' grit with Springsteen charisma for a rousing left-of-the-dial American anthem. "Funny thing there - I took the cover photo casually one sunny day," Dfactor says, "then thought it might make a cool cover, so I dreamt up a title and a song to fit it. Not my usual way of working, but it worked."
From the frustrated fervor of 'Next Big Thing is Here' and the economic anguish of '30 Days', to the seedy characters lurking about in 'Looking for You', Dfactor covers more varied thematic territory than ever before. And more often than not, recurring notions of slice-of-life U.S. recessionary blues hits home on more than a few of these songs.
In 'Head for the Hills', Dfactor sings of the anguish over the recession's effect on his new city home. "Arizona has taken it on the chin in this recession," Dfactor says, "and it hurt to see closing signs, job losses and more over the last year I've been here." Some might say the knock-out chorus kicks the song into classic rock land. And they may be right.
But Dfactor hasn’t forgotten how to make 'cool, catchy garage pop' as he calls it. 'Shake It', 'When I Go Away' 'Online World' and 'On My Mind' all capture the giddy, enthusiastic powerpop/garage rock that has marked Dfactor's best work, from his early days as Anthemic Pop Wonder to his current output.
But back to DIY. "I thought my 2008 release 'Say Yeah!' was pretty DIY," says Dfactor, "but in fact those songs were helped by a few NYC musician pals, who added musical and engineering/mixing talents to the finished CD." But with his move out west, he was in a new land musically and came up empty in his search for like-minded players. So total DIY it became for what eventually turned into ‘Slashing the Sunlight’. Dfactor wrote all the songs, arranged 'em, recorded and mixed 'em. He took the cover photo, made the artwork and worked the Web tubes to deliver these songs. Heck, he (I) even wrote this damned promo piece! "It's a lonely space at times, but rewards are swifter," he says.
Dfactor promises more songs to come. These 'Slashing the Sunlight' songs represent but a sliver of what he's written over the last few years. He's already in pre-production for his next recording project with as-yet unrecorded garage pop gems like "Ain't Goin' Down No More", "See the Perfection", 'Two Times Higher" and "Ready, Set Go!". But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s all go Slash the Sunlight at http://dfactor.me
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Background:
Dfactor is a singer-songwriter-rocker-blogger who has released DIY rock and roll CDs as Anthemic Pop Wonder and Dfactor over the last decade. His new CD is 'Slashing the Sunlight'. In early 2008, Dfactor released 'Say Yeah!' (available at Tunecore, CDBaby and iTunes). Before going full-on DIY solo, Dfactor was Anthemic Pop Wonder (APW) and released five CDs under that name, including 1997's 'Cool Cocktails', 1999's 'Wild Thrill-Hungry Gurls', 2000's band-recorded 'Party Tarts' EP, the well-reviewed 2002 release 'Rapid Pop Thrills' and his final CD as Anthemic Pop Wonder, 2004's 'Supersonic Lullabies'. He blogs pretty actively at Waved Rumor (http://www.wavedrumor.com) and you can find his presence in social media circles as well.
For more information, interview requests, gig requests or personal appearances, contact Dfactor at
dfactorpop@gmail.com, or through Reverbnation at http://www.reverbnation.com/dfactor
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