{"id":21841,"date":"2016-07-13T13:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=21841"},"modified":"2016-07-18T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T09:00:27","slug":"singersongwriter-absent-minded-daze-asks-why-did-we-and-were-glad-he-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/singersongwriter-absent-minded-daze-asks-why-did-we-and-were-glad-he-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer\/Songwriter Absent Minded Daze Asks &#8216;Why Did We&#8217; And We&#8217;re Glad He Did"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21845\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/singersongwriter-absent-minded-daze-asks-why-did-we-and-were-glad-he-did\/absent-minded-daze-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Absent-Minded-Daze-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Absent Minded Daze 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Absent-Minded-Daze-1.jpg?fit=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-21845 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Absent-Minded-Daze-1.jpg?resize=640%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Absent Minded Daze - Photo Credit Rosemary Rossi\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Absent Minded Daze &#8211; Photo Credit Rosemary Rossi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Singer \/songwriter Absent Minded Daze, from Melbourne, Australia is set to release his debut single, &#8216;Why Did We&#8217;, on July 29, ahead of a launch show on the 31st of July.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Real name Davide\u00a0Loguancio, Absent Minded Daze is an indie folk artist who grew up surrounded by music. He started playing drums at the age of 6 and began to play in bands and productions when he was\u00a013. Davide started Absent Minded Daze in 2014, and for the past year he has been performing in and around Melbourne, with his moving\u00a0lyrics which have seen him compared\u00a0to artists the likes of\u00a0Damien Rice, Coldplay, and Ed Sheeran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Absent Minded Daze takes his inspiration from many different areas, including his own personal experiences, and he has been working in the studio with producers Valence and Brendan Marolla.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Why Did We&#8217; is a gentle, heartfelt song, with lyrics that take the listener on a journey. With his gift for storytelling it&#8217;s easy to see why Absent Minded Daze has been identified as a star on the rise, with praise from the likes of Triple J, and Flavourmag.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets are available for the single launch show on Sunday July 31, at The Evelyn Hotel, 351 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. You can buy tickets for the show through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/absent-minded-daze-single-launch-show-tickets-26494712398\" target=\"_blank\">Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Absent Minded Daze online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DazeAM\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amdazemusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/absentminded_daze\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to a teaser for &#8216;Why Did We&#8217; here:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F272584402&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer \/songwriter Absent Minded Daze, from Melbourne, Australia is set to release his debut single, &#8216;Why Did We&#8217;, on July 29, ahead of a launch show on the 31st of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[6443,4569,73,131,5380,6446,6447,2542,2279,6445,402,77,370,2717,263,1106,6444],"class_list":["post-21841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-absent-minded-daze","tag-alt-folk","tag-australia","tag-concert","tag-event","tag-fitroy","tag-flavourmag","tag-indie-folk","tag-launch-party","tag-launch-show","tag-melbourne","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-release-party","tag-tickets","tag-triple-j","tag-why-did-we"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-5Gh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55785,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/indie-daze-festival-announce-huge-all-dayer-line-up-4-day-residency-at-the-100-club\/","url_meta":{"origin":21841,"position":0},"title":"INDIE DAZE FESTIVAL Announce Huge All-Dayer Line Up + 4 Day Residency At The 100 Club","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"18\/09\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This October the celebrated INDIE DAZE festival returns for a sixth sumptuous year \u2013 with its biggest and most ambitious line-up to date.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Indie-Daze.jpg?fit=563%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Indie-Daze.jpg?fit=563%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Indie-Daze.jpg?fit=563%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33665,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/the-soft-spots-goodbye-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":21841,"position":1},"title":"The Soft Spots &#8211; &#8216;Goodbye Again&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"07\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Philadelphia indie pop band The Soft Spots have released the video for their latest song, 'Goodbye Again'. 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