Dari Bay - On Your Side
Laid-back and softly reassuring, Dari Bay’s "On Your Side" feels like stepping outside, taking a walk, and letting the real world back in.
"On Your Side," the new single by Dari Bay, feels instantly calming: laid-back, mellow, and gently reassuring, with a loose alt-rock ease that unexpectedly reminded us of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Dari Bay is the Burlington, Vermont-based project of Zack James, and on "On Your Side," he turns a “welcome to the real world” moment into something freeing rather than harsh.
We also love the Robber Robber connection here: Nina Cates, that band’s main songwriter, singer, and bassist, plays bass in Dari Bay, alongside Joey Krouse and Will Krulak on guitar. James says:
“‘On Your Side’ is like a ‘welcome to the real world’ moment spun positively. It is meant to be freeing rather than a harsh wake up call, and it has a sort of ‘touch grass’ message to it. It is so easy to get attached to things on the internet that have no real place in your life, or to feel paralyzed by endless content. I have to go outside and walk around for a while when this happens to me. I’m trying to prioritize the real world every day.”
Dari Bay’s second album Surprise Wish is out now via Double Double Whammy, Listen to "On Your Side," our Song Pick of the Day, and enjoy the video:
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