Digital Daggers

IT MIGHT HAVE PRETTY CURTAINS, BUT SOMETHING IS LURKING BEHIND THAT WINDOW, SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, MAYBE EVEN UNBALANCED. YOU WON'T REALLY KNOW UNLESS YOU GET TOO CLOSE. DIGITAL DAGGERS IS THE MOODY DARK POP CREATION OF VOCALIST ANDREA WASSE AND SPACE. IT IS TENSION-FILLED WITHOUT BEING LOUD AND BRASH; FRAGILE WITHOUT BEING SAPPY AND MAUDLIN. BEFORE ANY FORMAL RELEASE, THE PAIR'S ORIGINAL SONGS HAVE WOUND UP IN AN ASSORTMENT OF FILM AND TELEVISION PLACEMENTS.

BEFORE ANY FORMAL RELEASE, THE PAIR'S ORIGINAL SONGS HAVE WOUND UP IN AN ASSORTMENT OF FILM AND TELEVISION PLACEMENTS. ?WHERE THE LONELY ONES ROAM,? THE FIRST SINGLE OFF 2012'S ALBUM 'THE DEVIL WITHIN' WAS FEATURED ON TV'S PRETTY LITTLE LIARS AND WAS MET WITH A STELLAR RECEPTION BY THE SHOW'S FANS, QUICKLY BECOMING THE MOST SEARCHED FOR TV/FILM SONG THE WEEK IT AIRED. ?SURRENDER? WAS IN THE FILM THE ROOMMATE AND THE SOAP OPERA ONE LIFE TO LIVE; THE MORE AGGRESSIVE ?NO EASY WAY? IN NIKITA; AND THE ETHEREAL ?ENVY? IN THE INDIE FILM THE MELANCHOLY FANTASTIC. THEIR HAUNTING COVER OF ?NEW YORK, NEW YORK? FOUND A PLACE IN THE TV DRAMA CSI: NEW YORK AND THE TRAILER TO THE VIDEO GAME CRYSIS 2; AND THE OMINOUS VERSION OF TEARS FOR FEARS' ?HEAD OVER HEELS? IN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

?A LOT OF THESE SONGS ARE ABOUT FEELING LOST AND LONELY AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT,? SAYS WASSE. ?WHEN I MOVED FROM LONDON, ONTARIO TO LA, IT WAS VERY MUCH A CULTURE SHOCK AND I WAS LOST FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK A LOT OF OUR LYRICS REFLECT THAT. LUCKILY I MET SOMEONE I REALLY CONNECTED WITH ON BOTH THE MUSICAL AND EMOTIONAL LEVELS?

SPACE, ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA, MET ANDREA WHEN THE TWO WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO WRITE SONGS FOR OTHER ARTISTS BY THEIR MUTUAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING. WHEN EMI SUGGESTED ANDREA AND SPACE WORK TOGETHER SOMETHING CLICKED. ?WE WERE WRITING ALL OF THESE SONGS WITH DEVELOPING ARTISTS AND WE BOTH FELT LIKE WE WERE WORKING REALLY HARD AT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T COMING TO FRUITION,? EXPLAINS SPACE.

?WE JUST STARTED WRITING SONGS TRUER TO WHO WE WERE,? SAYS ANDREA, ?AND WE DECIDED TO START THIS BAND BECAUSE WE BOTH MISSED PLAYING LIVE AND THESE WERE OUR SONGS TO PLAY, SO NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THESE SONGS GET OUT THERE AND WE HAVE A SAY ON HOW THEY'RE DELIVERED INTO THE WORLD?

FOR DIGITAL DAGGERS ? THE TWO WRITE ALL THE LYRICS AND MELODIES TOGETHER AND SPACE HANDLES KEYS, GUITAR, PROGRAMMING, AND ALL RECORDING AND PRODUCTION. ?WE TRY TO USE AS MANY ORGANIC SOUNDS AS POSSIBLE,? SPACE SAYS, ?WE ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE CAN GO INTO THE STUDIO AND CREATE A SONG IN A DAY AND WE CAN RELEASE IT THAT VERY SAME DAY.? THE LIVE BAND IS A DIFFERENT BEAST ALTOGETHER, ACCOMPANIED BY DRUMMER BRANDON DAVIS.

?I WANT THE SONGS TO LIVE AS THEY ARE RECORDED, BUT ONSTAGE WE CAN TRANSFORM THEM, NOT BE SO CONSTRICTED TO THAT DIGITAL ELEMENT,? SPACE SAYS.