For the past couple years, Daisy the Great has been processing the experience of growing up, of changing. Their sophomore album, All You Need Is Time is a veritable coming-of-age catharsis. Armed with crystal clear, soprano vocals and an ironical approach to the absurdities of girlhood, their newest is a surprisingly relatable and honest self-examination.
In All You Need Is Time, Daisy the Great ditches allusions and ambiguity to tell it like it is. Not only are their lyrics astoundingly authentic, but you can hear the earnestly in their voices. While much of recent pop and indie has turned to heavy use of technology to disguise and distort vocals, Daisy the Great often drops the backing instruments to let their voices stand alone, so you can hear this addictive kind of girlish airiness and texture behind their voices. It’s that sound that broke them, with their 2018 song “The Record Player Song,” which quickly went viral on TikTok, accumulating over 20 million streams, and counting.
Daisy the Great started when Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker met at NYU. The two were acting majors, and Daisy the Great originally started as a musical they were writing about a fictional band, until they realized they should just actually start the band themselves. Now, Daisy the Great is a six-piece band, with Matt Lau on guitar, Bernardo Ochoa on bass, Matti Dunietz on drums, and Brie Archer on additional vocals.
The band is still finishing off their North American Tour, supporting The Happy Fits; and of course there will be a stop in NYC’s Webster Hall on December 17, where the band was formed and the album recorded. Tickets can be found here, see the dates below.
DAISY THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2022
November 8 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground +
November 9 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom +
November 11 – Washington, DC – Union Stage +
November 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall +
November 13 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
November 15 – Detroit, MI El Club +
November 16 – Indianapolis, IN – Old National Centre +
November 18 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar +
November 19 – Chicago, IL – Metro +
November 20 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +
November 22 – Denver, CO Summit +
November 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex +
November 25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom +
November 26 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre +
November 29 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall +
November 30 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues +
December 1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre +
December 5 – Dallas, TX – Trees +
December 6 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn +
December 7– Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall +
December 9 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live +
December 10 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Heaven) +
December 11 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
December 13 –Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle +
December 14 – Washington, DC – Union Stage +
December 16 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock +
December 17 – New York, NY – Webster Hall +
December 18 – Philadelphia, PA –Theatre of The Living Arts +
+ w/ THE HAPPY FITS “UNDER THE SHADE OF GREEN TOUR”
