DARK DARK DARK & FRIENDS OF THE AMS
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DARK DARK DARK
Dark Dark Dark revel in the world around us. On their sophomore album Wild Go, the chamber-folk sextet creates a stirring reminder to seek out the wonder and magic to be found in the everyday. Their sound sets Nona Marie Invie's soaring, haunting voice against an array of acoustic instruments, all the while leaving room for the listener to nestle themselves inside and take part. The 10-song collection is a marked evolution for the group, which began in 2006 as a collaboration between Minneapolis based musicians Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount.
GHOSTBAND
Assembled on the fly (“real-time performative production” according to artist Jon Davis), Ghostband’s Verdical is a construction of fetishized "glitch(es) and groove(s)" – individual compositions that transfigure through repetition, syncopation and red herring noises. It's uncertain whether Davis has tapped into a contemporary mania or synthesized a manic – and, at times, maniacal – electronic sound response to the times. Either way, the album waxes feverish and never wanes, building and razing its pockets of pop catharsis in whims that appear both well-studied and fresh-eared.
