Dark Dark Dark

Snow Magic

CD $12.00

10/28/2008 707541975421

SAD 001 CD

MP3 $9.90

10/28/2008 707541975421

***If you listen, the story of the band DARK DARK DARK is woven into the haunting songs of their debut album, The Snow Magic. It’s a story of love and heartache, death and loneliness, and the persistent sense of hope that keeps you living and moving. These familiar themes are tangled up with tales of ghosts, fermenting bodies, and magical dreams. Dark Dark Dark’s sound draws heavily on Americana and Eastern European influences, referencing a long tradition of wandering musicians and those who have lived deeply. Despite the references, it’s clear listening to The Snow Magic that this isn’t a band preoccupied with recreating the past. Rather, the band both celebrates the past and looks forward, with songs remembering lost friends, leaving lovers behind, and casting off the things that hold us back. With intricate song-craft and playful sensibilities, Dark Dark Dark uses their small array of age-old instruments to conjure a lush musical vision of the future. Dark Dark Dark’s journey continues in 2008, as the band collaborates with the artist Swoon and playwright Lisa D’Amour on Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, a flotilla of rafts to be sailed down the Hudson River, culminating in a performance at Deitch Projects in New York City. It will also see the bands first European tour, and filming and scoring Flood, a project conceived and directed by bassist TODD CHANDLER. (STREET DATE - 10/28/2008)