[Cover photo credit to Elizabeth Marsh]

Davis Gestiehr is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter who was born to Punk parents and spent his youth listening to bands like The Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Iggy Pop. He now crafts a sound that melds Rock and Punk textures resulting in a dark but poignant musical landscape. 

His latest single “High” narrates “being an anxious person and smoking to remedy it.”

Gestiehr explains:

I think it’s a very universal experience to feel as if you’re wasting your life away and watching as experiences and opportunities pass you by. I feel like this song portrays the idea that it’s easier to face those realities when high, rather than when sober.

Regarding his sound, he adds:

I’ve always been a fan of the relationship between cynical, depressing lyrics paired with an upbeat, optimistic soundscape. I grew up listening to bands like The Cure who are masters of that. To me there has always been something so fascinating about pain being a semblance to driving drums and jangly guitars.

Davis Gestiehr will be continuing to release new music later this year.