User:Julianmcfarland/Divine intervention coalition

Divine Intervention Coalition is American experimental new wave and psychedelic electronica artist Julian McFarland. Born in Columbia, Missouri on January 18, 1985, D.I.C.’s 80s new wave influences are easily apparent. Listening to such bands as Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Nine Inch Nails, Psychedelic Furs, Joy Division-New Order, Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, Radiohead, M83 and a variety of Columbia’s shoe gaze and post-rock artists including NonReturner, In Dark Trees, Haii Usagi, Peace By Punching, Burger Kingdom and others helped shape the sounds of Divine Intervention Coalition. A mixture of 1970s progressive psychedelic rock, 1980s new wave pop punk and modern-day ambient electronica, D.I.C. creates a distinct sound of space, timelessness and visual atmospheres.

McFarland played keyboard for Columbia blues/rock/jam band Counterfeit Heroz from 2003 to 2005. His debut album, Start A War To Stop Yourself, produced in 2006, is an epic 22-track concept album recorded during a period of mental depression. The album is in fact the creation of a broken mind trying to mend itself back to good health. The title track, “Start A War To Stop Yourself” is the only non-instrumental song on the album and features vocals by Julian and his older brother, John-Paul McFarland, also known as In Dark Trees.

The moniker Divine Intervention Coalition is derived in part from glam-rock artist Roxy Music’s “Mother of Pearl.” McFarland also plays keyboard and sings in The Forealsies, an electronic band he created with his girlfriend, Michelle Grant in 2007. Their debut album, Feel Free is still in production to be released in late 2010. McFarland is also working on several new albums under the name D.I.C. including Start A War To Stop Your Love and Start A War To Stop Everyone Else, both concept albums in the vein of S.A.W.T.S.Y.

McFarland is also an aspiring filmmaker/screenwriter in pre-production of his first feature length film, Wake The Dead, a movie about the living dead to be filmed in Columbia, Missouri in 2011. D.I.C. will be the main artist featured on the original motion picture soundtrack Wake The Dead.