“Daisy” dives into the chaos of a love triangle at work — how did that real-life experience inspire the storytelling behind the track?
I won’t name any names but basically I had a friend at work who had another friend and they both fancied a hot workmate. Let’s call her Daisy since her real name rhymes with Daisy, anyways Daisy basically ended up with one of them. The one that didn’t end up with Daisy was a little upset at first but later on realised that he dodged a bullet!
You’ve described the song as “Jessie’s Girl’s pop punk cousin.” What elements were essential in achieving that nostalgic-yet-modern sound?
We like to think that ‘Daisy’ is the new and improved pop punk version of ‘Jessie’s Girl’ and you can agree with us or not! I guess we just wanted to write another feel good and catchy follow up single similar to our last single ‘New Year’s Eve’ and I like to think that we’ve achieved that with ‘Daisy’. We also wanted to catch our listeners a little off guard with a reggae bridge section which worked really well with the song, I like to think anyways.
How did your band dynamics influence the songwriting and arrangement process for “Daisy”? Was it a collaborative effort or more individually driven?
I myself mostly wrote the song, it was only at the second verse where lyrically I needed help. James sings the second verse but we all contributed with writing it. Our producers Ash and Evan from the Loud Noise Estate also played a huge part in the arrangement process. They thought that the song was too long, it was originally 5 minutes long so they cut it back to 4 and a half minutes.
Melbourne’s music scene is thriving — how has relocating from Darwin shaped your identity as a band and influenced your recent work?
I guess in Darwin I used to do almost everything myself. Moving to Melbourne though, we’re still mostly independent but we’re also exposed to many other services in the music industry that we didn’t have access to back in Darwin. I don’t have to outsource everything online or do things myself anymore. I think with everything in such close proximity we can now do a lot more and better as opposed to originally being located in Darwin.
There’s a cheeky but emotionally charged energy in “Daisy.” How do you strike that balance between playful storytelling and genuine vulnerability?
We don’t overthink it too much I guess. I mean we are inspired by bands such as Blink-182 and their lightheartedness so I guess there’s that.
You’ve supported legends like Eskimo Joe and Frenzal Rhomb. What have those experiences taught you about your live sound and performance style?
Well I guess Eskimo Joe and Frenzal Rhomb are bands that don’t use any backing tracks or click tracks. Just pure live music, and that’s always what we try to achieve in our live shows.
How does “Daisy” reflect your evolution since your debut album Pull Yourself Together? What’s changed most in your creative process?
Funny you say that because I think ‘Daisy’ sounds like it came from ‘Pull Yourself Together’! What’s changed most in our creative process is now that we have band members who are a little more open minded and more collaborative when it comes to song writing. ‘Pull Yourself Together’ was all written and produced by myself. We have also started working with professional music producers and it makes a huge difference. Ash and Evan from the Loud Noise Estate produced our last single ‘New Year’s Eve’ and we loved how it sounded so we went back with them again to record a few more songs.
With clear influences from Blink-182 and All Time Low, what sets Danger Den apart in today’s pop punk landscape?
Well the short answer to that is that Danger Den is basically Blink-182 with 3 guitarists and sick guitar solos! That’s kind of an inside joke we have in the band. With Danger Den I guess you could say that we’re one of the very few pop punk bands left that still don’t use backing tracks and click tracks live! But jokes aside, I guess we’re very much classic rock inspired and just write whatever we like regardless of the genre. We don’t worry too much if it’s “pop punk” or not. If we like the song we wrote we’re gonna play the song we wrote. I guess at the end of the day we’re just 5 guys that wanna make music together.
The track is undeniably catchy — how do you approach writing hooks that resonate both lyrically and melodically?
I guess I just write everything that comes to mind really. All I remember in the song writing process is that Daisy rhymes with baby and I thought that that sounded catchy so I quickly wrote that in my notes app. And then the rest followed.
Looking ahead, can fans expect more singles in this storytelling style, or are you exploring new themes and sonic directions?
Well for our next single it’s gonna be a little faster and heavier sounding. We’ve always been very experimental given that we’ve all come from different musical backgrounds. For our next single in particular, James wrote the whole song so it’s a given that it’ll sound very different to what we’ve done previously. So stay tuned for that!
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