Darker My Love Tourzine

Darker My Food

Being on the road means that the nation's various culinary treats become available to you on a weekly basis.

As for Darker My Love, they've captured some of their favorite food related situations.

Hope you ate well boys, because your North American tour is just about over.

Denver My Love

From Kaffeine Buzz:

"With every multi-layered, harmonious and glorious song that escaped from the stage and rose to the Gothic’s gilded rafters, the exchange between the band and fans increased. Towards the end and when DML were wrapping up, I saw the guy next to me shaking his head in utter disbelief, “Wow. Amazing.” And as Presley bid farewell to the crowd, “Thank you!” and the same guy replied, “No! Thank You!” Dude read my mind."

Killing Time in Denver

On the eve of their Denver performance, Bassist/Vocalist Rob Barbato answered some questions for one of Denver's premiere music blogs, Backbeat Online.

BO: You guys are frequently described as a psychedelic band, or at least a psychedelic-influenced band. Does that description mean anything to you? Or did it surprise you when you started hearing it?

RB: I can understand why people do that. We’re from Los Angeles and San Francisco, and so many ‘60s and ‘90s psych bands, per say, came from L.A. and San Francisco. But we see ourselves more as a regular rock band. I think in this day and age, people feel the need to label things using the easiest tactics, and for some of them, when you have a guitar solo or something, that means you’re a psychedelic-rock band. It’s the same thing as calling a band an indie-rock band. What does that mean? And what does a noise band mean? It doesn’t make too much sense. We’re just ourselves. We’re just trying to do something honest.

Read the whole interview here.

Collegetown, USA.

"We hit Collegetown USA, which is in Maryland, way back on Sunday, and possibly experienced the highlight of the tour. We graced the airwaves of the campus, and only the campus (unless you were listening on the internet, which, of course, you were) of the University of Maryland, with a rough-hewn acoustic performance, culminating in a 15-minute gypsy vamp on "Two Ways Out" and our infections Nodzzz cover. Which maybe we'll upload later. It was kinda the ultimate dingy, totally unsupervised student-run college radio station, complete with grafitti-scrawled, asbestos-lined walls, and, y'know, actual students."

More college antics tonight as the guys perform at St. Louis University!

DML, DC.

From Brightest Young Things:

"One of the cool things about Darker My Love is that Tim Presley and Rob Barbato both sing lead . Tim sings some songs, Rob Sings others, and sometimes they sing together. Whatever the configuration, it sounds great both on record and live. They finish up and I am totally satisfied. Sidenote: DML are a super-gracious band too. I say this for two reasons — first, right before their last song, Andy starts breaking into the drum beat for “Fall”, when Tim yells “WAIT!” and very genuinely thanks everyone for coming out and watching their set. It’s always nice to see a band do a thing like that. Also, between sets I ran outside to see if I could grab a setlist. I caught Rob packing up on the side of the club and he explained that they didn’t use one but he then went inside to write one out for me for my review. Very cool."

Nashville, tonight!

They Put an Ad Out...

...and will play anywhere!

DML Philadelphia Take Over.

From PopWreck(oning):

"Darker My Love’s ambient set was often dark, heavy and lush with reverb as drummer Andrew Granelli decimated his kit with tight beats. Rob Barbato’s bass lines droned on as vocalist Tim Presley, also on lead guitar, lulled the audience with his smooth vocals and modern Brit rock influences. A great deal of the poppy yet moody atmosphere came from Will Canzoneri’s clavinet melodies that often flip flopped between an airy mellowness and a raging intensity. Much of their playing had me thinking of Radiohead sans the distinct vocals of front man Thom Yorke."

Can't believe the tour is almost over!

Brotherly Love Sandwiches!

With some downtime in Philadelphia, the guys indulged in some Philly cheese steaks and recorded a session for YROCK on XPN.

Show tonight, see you there!

New York, New York!

The guys came, went and conqured.  At least according to Raindog's Rants:

"Darker My Love brings together a melding of much experience and many different styles to create an interesting take on a big, old psychedelic sound. The stage and the sound hit all the retro check marks. There was a swirling liquid background. There was a wall of fuzzy, layered, crescendoing guitars. There were indecipherable lyrics droned out by these guitars. There was a funky organ. There were even feedback solos.
Yet during the set I got the feeling that anything could happen.  I was surprised often..."

Photo courtesy of Ken Bachor (Prefix).

Look out Philly, you're next!

Darker My Love Invades Boston

From Mel.opho.be

"Darker My Love play good music. Really good, actually. They have a sly, sustained sound, sometimes seeming drone-ish but darkly persistent. Close harmonies drew me right in, and maybe the dark atmosphere helped to keep us pleasantly on edge, waiting and expecting something to happen at any moment."

New York here they come!