The Boiling Room: Daytrader vs. Totally Crushed Out
By Ryan Pangilinan

In many ways, Daytrader is still your typical New York melodic band: they have a DIY demo that many people have latched on to, they play regional shows with some great bands, and they are in control of their own direction at this point. But unlike many upstarts, Daytrader is somewhat of an indie superband, consisting of members of Latterman, Bridge and Tunnel, Crime in Stereo, The Motorcycle Industry and Divider.

Recently, the band’s self-released EP was made available as a digital download through their Bandcamp page, while a physical 7” version will be released through Run For Cover Records.

Guitarist Gary Cioni chatted with us about what to expect from the Daytrader posse and their eventual takeover of the universe.

How and when did Daytrader get together? It seems for a lot of people who aren’t directly in NY hardcore, the band was ready to go when Alex Dunne’s statement about Crime in Stereo was released.

Pat Schramm (drums) and I has starting writing for Daytrader in July of 2010, about a month before I found out that Crime in Stereo was breaking up.  By the time the CIS statement had been made we had already written a fairly large pool of songs and recruited the other members.  The break up just put Daytrader in the front seat as opposed to being a side project.

Based on the three songs that have been released, the band is steeped in more of a melodic style, which lends itself to have a little bit more breathing room than your typical post-hardcore band. Was this a conscious decision during the songwriting process?

I wouldn’t say that it was a conscious decision, I just wanted to write stuff that I like and want to play. 

You’ve announced that the first seven-inch will be out Run for Cover, is there a longer EP or a full-length in the works also?

At the moment we are focusing on things one release at a time.  After we record this 7”/EP it’s safe to say our next [project] would be to do a full length.

Many of the bands that Daytrader has stemmed from have been built of the traditional DIY-punk rock method of building up a regional support prior to branching out to the rest of the US. With the interest that people have in the band now, do you think that this will be the way Daytrader operates?

Well our first couple of shows are all regional to the northeast, we are only planning a few more shows for 2010 which will also be in the northeast.  In 2011, we plan on being a much more active band; we have plans to start touring in January.  

Check out their Bandcamp page, where you can download their self-titled EP.