Who? Casting aside their suburban garage rock roots, Toronto's Moshe Rozenberg (drums/keys/vocals), Jordan Holmes (guitar/vocals), Matt King (keys/sax), Tomas Del Balso (guitar) and Mike Claxton (bass/ guitar/vocals) bonded during Brampton YMCA shows and formed indie outfit DD/MM/YYYY, yes, named after the calendar. Lately, their schedules have been jam-packed -- a North American summer tour with Japanther, a spot at Toronto's Virgin Festival, and shared sleepovers with Dan Deacon in Kalamazoo, Michigan (they went out for pizza the next morning).

What's the Deal? Are They Masks? DD/MM/YYYY's second LP, out now on Toronto imprint, We Are Busy Bodies, is a mess of spastic, specially challenged art rock with jagged, diamondback guitars, '80s video game synthesizers, and drums that roll with all the punches of the discordant dreamy vocals. The surreal "Twinstars" takes on the mythos of Mary Kate and Ashley, with a soft pretty vulnerability lurking amidst the hard-edged harmonies, while the Afro beat-tinged "Mr. T Cereal" asks, "What's the point of waking up, if you're just going back to bed?" A thrashing, cheery blend of the Unicorns and Melt Banana, DD/MM/YYYY is indie's answer to what might happen if Spanish filmmaker Louis Buñuel rocked a synthesizer and an asymmetrical haircut.

Fun Fact: The band's debut release, Blue Screen of Death/Journey To and Escape from the Fortress of the Fluffy Love Cloud, was inspired by an eight-month stint of living together in an East-End loft in which dead trees figured heavily in the DIY décor, deemed a "social sculpture experiment." 

Now Hear This:
DD/MM/YYYY - "Simple Life" DOWNLOAD MP3

On the Web:
DD/MM/YYYY at MySpace
ddmmyyyy.net

Talk: Will you mark DD/MM/YYYY on your calendar?