Interview and Article by Christa Settle. Photos courtesy of Dividing The Skyline.
“You have to divide the skyline between what’s important to you and what’s not” is a quote from one of the band member’s teachers that influenced the band name, Dividing The Skyline, as well as the influence of moving a ton throughout the band member’s lives. “We had to kind of ‘divide the skylines’ of where we were and where we are,” said Westen, the band’s vocalist/guitarist.
Dividing The Skyline is made up of four members: Westen Weiss (vocals/guitar), Nate Blasdell (guitar/vox), Brent Martone (bass/vox), and Jake Watson (drums). The band was formed around August 2010 by Nate and Westen when they became really close as friends and had “nothing better to do!” They describe their music as “like old school All Time Low meets Mayday Parade meet The Early November.” They fit into a pop rock/pop punk category. “We’ve got a poppier side and a little more of an aggressive side with pretty emotional and honest lyrics overall and catchy choruses that are easy to remember and sing along to,” said Westen on his band’s sound.
The influences for their music comes from everything. Everything they do, listen to, feel, see and experience. And especially not giving up on dreams, regardless of how unfair or tough life gets – which was the focus of their last CD, “Maybe Next Year.” What inspires the band the most is when people have told them that their music means something to them or helped them, as well as when people never give up on what they love or on life in general, no matter what barriers are in their way.
Their debut full length album, “Maybe Next Year” is available on iTunes and Spotify and came out late 2011. This November, the band will be recording the new single off their upcoming EP. Later in the winter, they’ll be returning to record the remaining songs for the EP. They hope to be back on the road next spring/summer, but for now, you can catch them on September 15 in Rochester, NY at The Montage Music Hall.
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