The Birthdays

The Birthdays is a collaboration between Ben Grey of Dear Boy & Jackson Phillips of Day Wave.


After touring with each other and becoming fast friends in 2017, the two started threatening to create something together when both their schedules would allow. In June of 2020, Ben began sending Jackson voice memos of song ideas and they talked about what a collaboration of theirs might sound like once they could physically be in the same studio.


“We did a lot of conceptual world building before we broke any ground on the project… Not that we had any choice in the matter, but it actually ended up being a really cool way of approaching this thing.” says Grey. “Jackson and I have been good friends for a while but this is the first time we’ve started a piece of music from scratch. He’s a genius person, so it’s incredibly inspirational working with him.”


“Bunny” was recorded in the summer of 2021 at Jackson’s studio, the result of their very first session. “I think we were both just eager and curious to hear what a “Grey Wave” song would actually sound like. It’s its own fuzzy, melodic, interesting thing that I don’t think sounds like anything else happening right now.”


Early comparisons have been made to Yuck, The Pains of Being Pure Heart, Cleaners from Venus, The Martinis and Adorable.


Dear Boy will be releasing their debut full length with Last Gang Records & Day Wave is working on a follow up to 2020’s Crush EP.