The Stranger’s SLOG
June 1, 2020
A Message to the City from Brangien Davis & Daniel Spils
To empty our minds of everything else for a moment and fill them with a clever version of a famous rock song, we turn to Brangien Davis and Daniel Spils.
NPR’s Here & Now
January 21, 2019
A Major Highway Closure Has Seattle Commuters Bracing For Months Of Brutal Backups
Commuters in Seattle are bracing for weeks of traffic headaches as the city begins a six-month overhaul of the 66-year-old Alaskan Way Viaduct.
CityLab
January 14, 2019
As an Elevated Highway Closes, Seattle Braces for Traffic Hell
A husband-and-wife duo, The Argument, recently released a wistful musical ode to the doomed highway, “O, Viaduct!” (Sample lyric: “They said you’d fall/And kill us all/But you were tried and true.”)
The Seattle Times
January 9, 2019
The right answer in Seattle’s great viaduct debate turned out to be one they never proposed
A local band has a paean song, “O Viaduct!” which I cranked to top volume as the rooftops danced by. “O Viaduct, you’re out of luck,” it goes. “They said you’d fall, and kill us all, but you were tried and true.” The band’s name, appropriately enough, is The Argument.
The New York Times
Dec 22, 2018
‘This Was Our Road’: In Seattle, Nostalgia Flows as an Old Highway Nears Its End
Seattle has long been ambivalent about change and growth, especially its own, and so nostalgia for the viaduct is already flowing. A husband-and-wife team of composers who call themselves “The Argument” and record in their Seattle basement have even released a song about it.
“O, Viaduct, you’re outta luck, we put you up and we let you down,” the song goes. “They said you’d fall and kill us all, but you were tried and true.”
PriceTags Vancouver, BC
Dec 26, 2018
Seattle’s Alaska Viaduct Has Its Final New Year’s Song
Of course the viaduct has been part of Seattle’s downtown for a very long time, and its history and demolition have resulted in the song “O Viaduct”recorded by “The Argument”.
Crosscut
Oct 17, 2018
A fond farewell as Seattle’s viaduct hits the highway
I’m going to miss my slow ride home. A musical ode to the viaduct, by Seattle band The Argument.
The Seattle Times
April 2, 2017
Daniel Spils and Brangien Davis don’t know what to call their music, really. Marriage rock, maybe. Or D.I.N.K. rock, as in “dual incomes, no kids.” They knew what to call themselves, though: The Argument.
The Iowa Source
March 31, 2017
A Marriage of Musical Talents
Shortly after purchasing their 1939 Paul Thiry home in Seattle, Daniel Spils and Brangien Davis (aka The Argument) began converting the basement into a sound studio.
KRUU 100.1 FM
February 2, 2017
KSER 90.7FM
January 5, 2017
Top 20 albums of 2016: The Argument
Considering moving to Everett now that DJ Lon Palmer of KSER has named The Argument's debut record one of the Top 20 albums of 2016.
Seattle Magazine
October 28, 2016
The Argument, Seattle songwriters Brangien Davis and Daniel Spils, talk music, marriage, and releasing one song at a time.
The Stranger
October 25, 2016
Arts writer Brangien Davis and musician Daniel Spils [who are married] have launched a new project called The Argument. They're digitally releasing one song each week for 11 weeks, and then launching an album on the twelfth. Last week's entry, "Song for Brangien," is so rich and beautiful in its simplicity. — Kelly A. Rodriguez
KSER 90.7 FM
September 16, 2016
The Argument's first radio spin on KSER w/ DJ Kitty
Spin Magazine
November 13, 2013
Reggie Watts on First-Kiss Jams and Loving Industrial Music
Who is someone you’ve worked with that you’ve bonded over music with?
My friend Daniel Spils, who was the keyboardist in my last band, Maktub, he loved synthesizer-based music, stuff with square, rudimentary, Kraftwerk-style beats. We were into a lot of the same stuff, and he just had such a diverse repertoire. We still talk about music a lot.
Seattle Weekly
April 3, 2009
A miserable First Thursday, weather-wise, got a considerable lift last night
And Seattle magazine arts editor Brangien Davis, accompanied by guitarist Daniel Spils, damn near brought the seen-it-all crowd to its feet with her ridiculously smart ditty (based on a New Yorker piece) about an individual who takes nail-biting to gruesome extremes.