NZ OUTFIT DAFFODILS SHARE INTIMATE NEW EP STAY THE NIGHT WATCH + LISTEN TO ‘STAY THE NIGHT’

Aotearoa / NZ-based indie-pop foursome Daffodils today share their latest EP Stay The Night. LISTEN HERE.

Daffodils relay a melodically rich and punchy soundtrack that speaks to heart-wrenching melodrama through the familiar 80s new wave, meshed with pop-laced vocals reminiscent of Phantastic Furniture, Foals and The Lazy Eyes. Their songwriting and lyricism cover all bases of the everyday, diving between intimacy, heartbreak and coping mechanisms to craft a full-formed anthemic vessel.

Stay The Night ushers in a new sonic chapter for Daffodils, one that is shaped by each of their own experiences to shed light on the more intimate side of the band. Pairing tender and brooding lyricism with youthful instrumentalism, Daffodils set to capture the different stages of a relationship, chronicling the familiar tale of growing, learning and changing over time.

“Stay The Night is about things changing, losing people, and learning from the things you do when you’re younger” the band’s frontman Theo Spike Salmon reveals. “It’s about my experience with how hard it is to let stuff go, and how hard it is to detach yourself from regrets and painful parts of the past, which often overwhelms all the good things that happen. The last couple of years have been pretty difficult for all of us, and it’s definitely been a struggle to continue to make music. It’s felt, at points, like we’ve been taking one step forward and two steps backwards. Making this record last year in the studio felt like a massive relief after so much uncertainty and stress.”