D.W. Holiday is a psychadelic rock band for the modern ages. Their experimental music is laced with digital and analog synthesizers, programmed beats, and subliminal messages. The music of D.W. Holiday is mostly about five senses working overtime - but even more so about that sixth sense which allows you to SLOW DOWN. Sit down on their couch and let go of all outside influences.

When ‘Technical Difficulties, Under The Influence…’ was released, it marked a specific direction for the band as critics, college radio, and music fans began to take notice. The album was created under the duress of multiple band members quitting and Craig moving to another State during production. By the time the album hit the streets, there were two bands performing the same songs under the name D.W. Holiday – one in Minneapolis (fronted by Craig), and one in San Francisco (fronted by Daniel).

In 2005, once he finally accepted that it’s his only home, Craig moved back to California and the pair began working on a follow-up to the highly successful ‘Technical Difficulties, Under The Influence’. The resulting composition, ‘Fish and Flying Creatures’, is a testament to the growth and maturity of the band. But in a way, this is D.W. Holiday's firstborn. The years of shaping, refining, and honing their signature sound are now behind them. This is D.W. Holiday with an epidural of surreal guitars, desperate vocals, Goodwill keyboards and off-kilter beats surrounded by swarms of hungry thick bass tones. No longer weighed down by fear, D.W. Holiday finally gave birth to their sound, and it's a boy.

What can you expect from a live performance by D.W. Holiday? Craig, Daniel, and Troy rotate instruments between programmed beats, analog synths, electric pianos, and electric guitar. D.W. Holiday has shared the stage with Califone, The Besnard Lakes, Oakley Hall, and Thee More Shallows among others.

Releases by D.W. Holiday:

Track Listing

01 - We're Coming
02 - On Fire (mp3)
03 - The Lion Tamer
04 - Heart Chest
05 - Waiting in the Wings
06 - Woodside
07 - Fourteen
08 - Year of the Board
09 - I Feel Good
10 - Frozen Smile
11 - Feeling Ground
12 - Music Inspired by the Motion Picture
13 - Desperation Time Again
14 - Feeless

Track Listing

01 - There is a Dam in My Head
02 - Every Beat of Your Robot
03 - For Michelle
04 - Big.Lie
05 - Concrete Heart (mp3)
06 - DTOL
07 - War of Fog
08 - Right Now

Track Listing

a) Fog of War
b) State of the Union
c) Body.Bag
d) A Soldier's Last Thoughts
e) Fourth of July

Track Listing

01 - My Small Heart
02 - Prelude to Winter (mp3)
03 - Every Beat of Your Heart (mp3)
04 - Mary (The Colors in My Head)
05 - Your Working Boy
06 - Green Pillow Night
07 - Lori's Theme
08 - When HC Died
09 - Reagan
10 - Year of the Dog
11 - Pour Me Closer
12 - Fish and Flying Creatures

Band Website: www.dwholiday.com

Reviews for Fish and Flying Creatures

"D.W. Holiday blossoms luminous like a deep sea jellyfish, bringing together sumptuous orchestral pop with slightly twee male vocals (a la Flaming Lips or Sparklehorse) and atmospheric shoegazerly guitar washes (like Spiritualized or Jesus And Mary Chain). So haunting and lovely!" - Aquarius Records, San Francisco

"Fish And Flying Creatures (Three Ring Records) takes the space rock Lunascapes of its predecessor and, if anything, spooks it out even more. Not unlike Testbild!s merging of acoustic textures and experimental electronica, D.W. Holiday make sounds like Plaid on an Eagle lander listening to crickets frying on a Death Valley rock whilst Sonic Youth tune up in the background." - Tangents, UK

"As the title suggests, the album reeks of elements of nature, with keyboards and synthesizers evoking the sounds of spring, and organs ushering in the gloom of winter. But the album is far more indie than new-age, incorporating the dreamy quality of Mercury Rev and the light ambience of The Beta Band." - Kathleen McCann, Urban Pollution

"I thoroughly enjoyed D.W. Holiday’s last release Technical Difficulties, Under the Influence and this spacey atmospheric follow-up is already making me crave more Holiday... Carefully molding moody arrangements with heavy emphasis on space rock and ambient soundscapes, D.W. Holiday employ rich organ sounds and superbly constructed song arrangements... Cosmic re-alignment has happened and it’s all D.W. Holiday’s fault." - Smother.net, Editor's Pick

Reviews for Technical Difficulties, Under The Influence...

"The only thing experimental about D.W. Holiday is their willingness to honestly explore musical moods, sounds, and lyrics without the pretension of deep cosmic insight. Though we all experience depression, D.W. Holiday packages it for us nicely in an easy-to-swallow pill you'll be glad to take." - Performer Magazine

"While many rock-by-way-of-electronica bands in the Bay Area tinker with ambitious samples and beats that make the music danceable, D.W. Holiday take the route of those like Sigur Rós, who stick to the mellow side of things..." - Stephanie Laemoa, SF Bay Guardian

"At times it wants to veer into Spiritualized territory, while others I had flashes of Ween passing before my mind's eye (undoubtedly due to the vocals). There are some pretty things going on here..." - Jason Thompson, PopMatters

"Cool headphone druggie rock with analog synthesizers, spaced out guitars, tambourines, and smooth bass lines that sound as if Roger Waters could have played them back in 1970." - Chuck Gonzalez, Mesh Magazine

"Technical Difficulties, Under the Influence is a beautiful space pop record that flows wonderfully and maintains a beautiful, atmospheric sound. For newcomers to the genre, it will make for a suitable introduction; for grizzled scene veterans, it will be a breath of fresh air." - Matt Shimmer, indieville.com

“And that’s what really sets this album apart from other entries in the “we’re a band, pay attention to us” category of indie music: D.W. Holiday DESERVES your attention…  There’s nothing more to say about the album than this: musically superior. Superb. Borderline brilliant.” - Left Off The Dial

“It’s like a psychedelic journey through the landscape of eclectic record collections that takes in Wire, early Pink Floyd, Flaming Lips and Squarepusher… And as such it’s of course highly recommended.” - Tangents UK

“I've listened to the album perhaps 6 times and still feel pleasantly surprised at the transition of each song into the next. Not that the thematic linkage between tracks is missing. There is an innate and disconnected sadness that runs throughout all their songs.” - Shmat

"Stick with what you know, goes the rule, and these space rock veterans (been around since 1992) know, well, space rock, slow like the Galaxie but even more like Floyd looking forward to the next Plaid album. Admirably subtle texture changes are their stock in trade – shifting from shag-carpet folk-rock drums on one song to a ghostly, barely-there electro-tap on the next, and hey, is that a trumpet?" - Foxy Digitalis

“D.W. Holiday delivers 9 songs which could be the soundtrack to your stargazing evening.”  - Mashnote

“Whether we like it or not the world is changing, and manipulations of reality are part of that landscape. I just hope that music can be more often done with the same tact and reverence of D.W. Holiday.”  - 8/10  Lost at Sea

“Truly a masterpiece… the only technical difficulties here would be following up this dramatically incredible third album.”
-  Smother