BAND DAVION

BAND DAVION is a cartoon virtual band first established on December 7, 2021.

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The development began when Lyons had the notion to form an animated music group inspired by his love of the synthwave and retrowave genres of the 1980s and 1990s. The idea began with an illustration of how Carrie Gonzalez and his OC might seem in the Warner Bros. Animation-inspired artwork of Eric W. Schwartz. Subsequently, he illustrated four cartoon characters with appearances and musical instruments: Davion McDougal, Stella Aliz, Moby DeVante, and Pearl Annesley. The characters' requirement to adhere to Schwartz/WB's aesthetic offers them a nuanced insight on how the band fits within the synthwave/retrowave genre's glimmers.

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On December 22, 2021, several weeks after the band was established, Lyons stumbled across a cover of The Chats' song, "Pub Feed", performed by the four original members of The Wiggles, including current member Simon Pryce. This gave Lyons the idea to turn the song into a Band Davion cover, even though it was a demo. In the Wiggles' version, several words were modified to give the song a devouring vibe. A few days after recording the Band Davion demo rendition of "Pub Feed," Lyons started writing new songs for the group, titling them "Old McDougal Formed A Band," "Rock It, Roll It," "On Your Side," and so forth. The majority of the songs were first written as demos between December 2021 and January 2022, but according to Lyons, the remaining songs, such as "Strumming on Friday" and "Boring Mondays," which were recorded in March 2022, qualified as finished productions. These mentioned songs are featured in Band Davion's debut studio album, "Reliving the Golden", released on December 23, 2022.