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Damiera

Posted on: 2020-08-18

lifespan	2005 – 2009
genres	math pop post-hardcore math rock experimental rock pop-punk punk rock pop
located in	Erie County, New York, United States
related artists	Hidden Hospitals League Given Names Their / They’re / There Stay Ahead of the Weather Into It. Over It. Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start The Progress Map the Growth Pet Symmetry The Alaya Conscious Queen City Nights Sleeping Girl Drowning Spirit of the Stairway
members	David Raymond: vocals guitar Rock Whittington: guitar (2005 – 2007) Bradley McRae: drums (2005 – 2007) Mark Henry: bass guitar secondary vocals (2005 – 2007) Matthew Kipp: guitar secondary vocals (2005 – 2005) Steve Downs: guitar (2007 – 2009) Josh Sparks: drums (2007 – 2008) Jayson Dezuzio: bass guitar (2007 – 2008) Evan Weiss: bass guitar (2008 – 2009) David Robinson: drums (2008 – 2009)
associated labels	Equal Vision Records Tamerlane Recordings Built on Strength Records

Damiera was a math pop/post-hardcore band from Buffalo, New York that formed in early 2005. The band formed out of the dissolution of Fredonia, New York outfit League; guitarist and vocalist David Raymond and guitarist Matthew Kipp, both of League, formed the band with drummer Bradley McRae and bass guitarist Mark Henry. The band immediately set out to produce their debut self-titled 2005 EP, and later released their debut LP (“M(US)IC” (2006), pronounced “us in music”) on now-defunct Tamerlane Recordings. In 2007, the band signed to Equal Vision and re-released “M(US)IC” on that label. The band took a two-month hiatus during

2007, and came back in

June of that year

with a new lineup. The band released their second LP and

final record, “Quiet Mouth Loud Hands”, on Equal Vision in 2008. David Raymond went on to form Chicago experimental rock otufit Hidden Hospitals in 2011.

See punknews.org for a partial biography of the band (archived).

Damiera’s music is characterised by its focus on duelling guitars and on David Raymond’s poppy clean vocals. Much of Damiera’s music (particularly on “Damiera” (2005) and “M(US)IC” (2006)) is polyphonic, with multiple melodies interleaved within the arrangements. Damiera are, in some ways, comparable to Philadelphia post-hardcore outfit Hot Cross, with their clear post-hardcore/math rock influences and duelling guitarwork that is angular and technically demanding — but Damiera’s origins in pop-punk (rather than in screamo) come through in the vocals, harmonic sensibilities, and in the mangled pop song structures that are characteristic of math pop. With “Quiet Mouth Loud Hands” (2008), Damiera’s sound shifted somewhat, shedding some (but certainly not all) of the math rock influence; this would foreshadow David Raymond and Steve Downs’s later work as members of Hidden Hospitals.

notes on the distributions

“Quiet Mouth Loud Hands” is sometimes known by other similar names, including “QuietMouthLoudHands” and “Quiet Mouth, Loud Hands”.

Damiera discography

title

Damiera

M(US)IC

Quiet Mouth Loud Hands

cover art

other art

year

2005

2006

2008

tracklist

1	Vollacaia	3:13
2	Heartbeat	3:28
3	Fourfight	3:08
4	Maesa	2:30
5	Slow by Still	3:41
6	Unison	1:33
total duration		17:34

1	Immure	3:14
2	Lessons	3:37
3	M(US)IC	3:21
4	Via Invested	3:12
5	I Am Pulse	3:06
6	Ember Eason	3:39
7	Departure	1:50
8	Flora: Yield	3:51
9	Broken Hands	3:25
10	Obsessions	3:00
total duration		32:15

1	Rainman	0:45
2	Quiet Mouth Loud Hands	3:37
3	Nailbiter	3:43
4	Image and Able	3:02
5	Teacher, Preacher	3:10
6	Weights for the Waiting	3:20
7	Chromatica	3:11
8	Blinding The Bluest	2:45
9	Woodbox	1:56
10	Silvertongue	3:09
11	Trading Grins	2:40
total duration		31:17

distributions

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dspr?	format	source	gratis?	URLs
yes	FLAC @ 44.1kHz & 16bit	CD rip	yes	[1] [2] [3]

dspr?	format	source	gratis?	URLs
yes	FLAC @ 44.1kHz & 16bit	CD rip	yes	[1] [2] [3]