Daydream Catapult

Daydream Catapult is an American Pop band that originated in Nashville, Tennesse. The group was formed in 2012 and consists of Elle Bijet, Chris Ray, and Tom Johnson.

Summer of Fun, the band's second studio single, which was released in April 2015, was featured on the ABC's TV series American Crime

2012–2013: The formation of Daydream Catapult
Elle Bijet and Tom Johnson first met at a local songwriters Meetup in July of 2007. In 2008, they teamed up as Güerosmith, a Spanish-language acoustic cover act, playing at a few small restaurants before their focus gradually shifted to original material. They met Chris Ray in June 2009 at an open mic hosted by Nashville's Bluebird Cafe. Ray and Bijet soon began co-writing songs (as well as dating), while Johnson undertook to create complementary guitar parts for some of Ray's instrumental pieces and to support Ray and Bijet's duets. Collaboration between the two guitarists continued long-distance during Johnson's two-year stint in Austin, Texas, and intensified following his return to Nashville in the summer of 2012. At this point, Ray and Bijet had been married for a year, composed several songs together, and were performing locally as a duo, "Chris Ray and Elle Bijet." Within a few months, Johnson became a regular guest performer at their shows until finally integrating as a full member of the band. In 2014, the trio adopted the name Daydream Catapult. In a [date] interview with xxx, Chris Ray explains:

"The final name we all agreed on, Daydream Catapult, came about at first because we knew we liked the term 'catapult'--it was action-oriented, it had a great rhythmic cadence, and no other band name that we knew of had it as a featured word (which is pretty amazing in our interconnected world). We knew we wanted to pair another word with it, so before we knew what the other word would be, we were saying 'dahp-dahp catapult.' In essence, we were emulating the mystery word’s syllable count. (We knew the other word should be two syllables.)

"Eventually, we chose the word 'daydream' to combine with 'catapult,' because it served as an ethereal, abstract counterpart to the physical, motion-oriented side of catapult, and also because we felt it accurately summed up how we felt about our music: we dream up this art and sling-shot it out into the world."

2014–2015: Catnip
In the of Spring 2015, a photo of Producer/Filmmaker Carey James was posted on Instagram with Chris Ray & Elle Bijet seen in the background on the set of the bands first music video.

Musical style and influences
The band's sound evolves from song to song. The group releases singles instead of albums and does this to remain free in their creativity process. Executive Producer Carey James encourages the many different sounds the band finds from song to song.

Band members

 * Current members
 * Elle Bijet – vocals, songwriter
 * Chris Ray – guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboard, MIDI programming, songwriter
 * Tom Johnson – guitar, vocals, songwriter

Discography

 * Catnip (2014)
 * Summer of Fun (2015)
 * Finding My Power (remix) (2015)
 * I'll do Better Baby (2013)

Achievements
Summer of Fun, the band's second studio single, which was released in April 2015, was featured on the ABC's TV series American Crime