Laterdays is a Vancouver-based duo that had its humble beginnings born from friendship and collaboration. The duo of Laterdays consists of Nik Pang and James Songalia. In a heartwarming friend-like fashion the band name derives from the family channel hit cartoon, The Weekenders. The Weekenders follows a misfit group of friends who would always end episodes by saying their motto; “laterdays” at the end of each episode like a sign-off/motto. Nik Pang simply said, it was a show he loved as a kid and that it rolled off the tongue. Both Nik and James are in their twenties and have known one another for over 10 years. In an interview with Nik Pang, Nik mentioned his first acquaintance with James happened 10 years ago when they met at a metal concert at the Vogue Theatre.
As time went on, both Pang and Songalia joined punk bands, going separate ways, but staying in touch. Before Nik and James teamed up to make the Laterdays, they used to fill in for each other’s punk bands, but they never had the opportunity to create and play music together. Finally, in 2018, the stars aligned. Both Nik Pang and James Songalia started bouncing ideas back and forth in the spring of 2018. The duo was trying out different sounds and ultimately leaned towards a more pop/indie-influenced sound. Nik Pang, however, describes Laterdays older songs as more in the vein of surf rock and bedroom pop but stated that their new music offers a more diverse sound. Just as Laterdays began to practice their new material and gear up for some shows, the public health orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic kicked in. Although there were limited ways to perform due to health restrictions, like many artists, Laterdays kept writing and recording on their own when meeting up was allowed. Now we come full circle into 2021 and Laterdays is playing shows and releasing new music soon. To keep up with Laterdays, you can find them on Bandcamp, Spotify, Soundcloud, Facebook, and Instagram