The members of Spaceship Days have been together for a lifetime. Childhood friends and former collegiate swimmers Greg Torsone, Chuck Cox and Matt Mocharnuk, began their musical adventure in college playing in the Shoegaze band grey.
Together, the trio celebrated regional success, becoming a staple of NC college radio, playing shows in Austin TX during the South by Southwest Music Festival, and performing several opening gigs with some of the biggest national acts of the era. Unfortunately, as it often does, Life happened and after recording three albums and half a dozen demos, the band members went their separate ways.
Chuck (Bass) went on tour with a regionally powerful Modern Rock outfit. Matt (Vocals) became wildly prolific as a songwriter, penning tracks for pop vocalists across both oceans and several different genres. Greg (Everything Else) opened Afterglow Studios recording and producing albums for several emerging local artists.
The three remained close while working on their respective projects, but it didn't take them long to realize they made better music while together than apart. As it happened, their second beginning was nearly identical to the first. It was the summer of 2009. This time, the setting was a living room instead of a North Carolina State University dorm; the instruments were still acoustic, and the adult beverages were flowing a little less freely. What began as a Boys' Movie Night ended in a wild, frenzy of songwriting. Try as they might to talk themselves out of it, Matt, Greg, and Chuck were a band again.
Taking their name from a lyric in a Catherine Wheel song, Spaceship Days rode the wave from that first explosion of creativity recording most of their debut album The Halo Effect in six weeks.
The Halo Effect was released to wide acclaim, gaining Spaceship Days attention in the international music community and attracting a legion of fans.
For the band's follow up release Black Holes & Butterflies the trio honed and focused their sound, creating collection of fresh, modern, hook driven songs; the best in their long career.
“Shadow Walking”, the first single from the new album, was nominated for a 2010 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Alternative Song.
Armed with the fusion of chemistry, mature songwriting, and crisp production, Spaceship Days is a band for any music lover.
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Album Title: The Halo Effect
Artist: Spaceship Days
Reviewed by: Rhonda Readence
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Title of Review: Polished and Clean Soft Alternative
Review Summary: Spaceship Days brings forth a lasting bond with their album The Halo Effect. Soft alternative has never sounded this clean while brimming with emotion, optimism and hope. Precise engineering, skilled musicianship and unbridled talent leave listeners with a feeling of having just heard something distinctly different and special.
Album Title: Black Holes And Butterflies
Artist: Spaceship Days
Reviewed by: DJ UKRed of Woody Radio
Rating: B
"The Spaceship Days album ‘Black Holes and Butterflies’ is one that should be a part of everybody’s collection...very clear, clean and fresh. In each and every track you get a breath of fresh air and it makes you more excited to hear the next track and the next..."
Album Title: Black Holes And Butterflies
Artist: Spaceship Days
Reviewed by: The Music Addict of Music is Life Blog
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
"Their music...[is] haunting, uplifting, and it makes you think. Most of all, it gives you a respite from the utter monotony of the music world today...Bands like this don’t come around very often.
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