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Publication: Dixie Sun
Date: November 15, 2006
Title: Small town rock hits big town airwaves, arenas
Author: Jared Burton
Original URL: http://sun.dixie.edu/index.php?pg=story&storyid=2135
Meg and Dia Frampton, better known just as Meg & Dia, may sound familiar to those who keep up on the independent music scene.
They also may sound familiar to people from the St. George area since they too are from St. George.
The singer/songwriter sibling duo has been writing and performing music for many years. According to the band’s biography, which is found on their official website, www.meganddia.com, while attending college in Salt Lake City, Meg resumed her drive to write and perform music while Dia finished her schooling so they could concentrate on their music. Dia then relocated to Utah to be closer to Meg.
Then the band added Nick Price on drums and another guitar from Kenji Chan, and stared writing and performing. From there good things started happening and Doghouse Records soon discovered the band.
Doghouse Records has been making a name for itself in the music industry for almost 20 years with signing of such bands as: Limbeck, Say Anything, The Honorary Title and The All-American Rejects.
After signing with Doghouse late in 2005, Meg & Dia created a cult following and have been on the road and writing ever since.
The band released an LP called “Something Real” on Aug. 8. On this album you can hear the maturity of the women’s progress through each track on the album. With 13 tracks it is hard to find some that stand out. However, the single from the album that seemed to gain the most attention from listeners was “Monster.”
One of the great debates that music fans the world over always wonder is what inspires artists to write what they do. When this band writes it is inspired by anything that invokes emotion. Books like “East of Eden” and “Indiana” have inspired the band so much they resulted in the songs “Monster” and “Indiana.”
The CD hits close to home in a lot of ways for its listeners. Because of the poetic writing and the emotion that goes into seemingly every melody, it is hard to deny the way that you feel about the sound that you are hearing.
You can tell that the band members have a lot of emotion when they sing, and you feel like you can relate, said Beth Smart, a senior literature major from Las Vegas.
“The sound is something new and fun to listen to,” Smart said. “It is not like everything that you hear out there, they have something to say.”
The women of the band originally started out as just Meg on acoustic guitar and Dia doing the vocals, but have since added Price and Chan to solidify the already talented duo.
Home is where the heart is, and Meg & Dia surely have a large following here in St. George. The group has played a number of shows in the St. George area and has graced the stage of the Electric Theater many times over.
Crowds at the band’s live shows cannot help but be captivated. They hang on every word that comes out of the women’s mouths and on every note they play. This type of thing is what attracts record labels, said Dave Conway of Doghouse Records.
“I knew that their songs were great because I had heard them before I saw them live, but once you see them live it is an all new experience,” Conway said. “[Doghouse Records] had to sign them.”
Right now the band is on a 20-show national tour opening for bands like Damone, The Pink Spiders and Sugarcult. With this kind of national attention, do not be surprised if you hear the name of this band for years to come.
Meg & Dia will also be going on a national acoustic tour in January. However, dates have not yet been released.
For more information on the band, visit www.doghouserecords.com, www.meganddia.com or their profile on www.myspace.com. |
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