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The new Darker My Love album, Alive As You Are is available everywhere today.

Recorded in San Francisco’s legendary Hyde Street Studios, where Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Creedence Clearwater Revival redefined the musical landscape of the 1970’s, Alive As You Are is a clear shift in Darker My Love’s sound.

Previously known as an alternative/indie-pop band from their previous recordings, Darker My Love are channeling their psychedelic influences and exploring new territory with Alive As You Are.

Hear for yourself by streaming Alive As You Are at Spinner all week long, and for a limited time, download Alive As You Are from Shockhound for only $6.99.

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Today’s Top Tune at KCRW is Darker My Love’s “Backseat”. The song is off their forthcoming album Alive As You Are which hits stores August 17.

Preorder Alive As You Are and prepare for their west coast tour with Band of Horses in September.

Darker My Love has confirmed a short West Coast tour with Band of Horses in September.

Sept 24 – Berkeley, CA
Sept 25 – Los Angeles, CA
Sept 27 – Las Vegas, NV
Sept 28 – Salt Lake City, UT
Sept 29 – Denver, CO

View details and purchase tickets.

The dates come in support of their upcoming third album Alive As You Are, out August 17th on Dangerbird Records.

Informed by profound personal tragedy, the 11 songs that make up Alive As You Are travel away the glorious fuzz and distortion of past records to a more evocative approach marked by bold, honest songwriting and intricate arrangements that further illuminate the band’s myriad of classic influences.

To hear for yourself, download “Split Minute” for free.

Alive As You Are, Darker My Love’s follow-up to their breakthrough sophomore album 2, will be released in the United States on August 17th.

To celebrate, the band will be playing a couple of album release shows in California:

August 17th – Los Angeles, CA at the Bootleg Theatre
August 19th – San Francisco, CA at The Independent

Download the song “Dear Author” for free and preorder Alive As You Are on CD or vinyl.

Head to NME.com to download “Dear Author” from Darker My Love’s forthcoming album Alive As You Are – out August 17 in the US.

Darker My Love – ‘Dear Author’ by nmemagazine

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Los Angeles quintet Darker My Love are proud to announce the release of their new album, Alive As You Are. Set for an August 17th release, the album was recorded at San Francisco’s legendary Hyde Street Studios with producer Nick Huntington (of acclaimed electronica duo Freescha) and is the band’s most musically focused and emotionally direct collection to date. Beginning June 4th in Dublin, Ireland, the band will head out on a six-date run with Band of Horses throughout the United Kingdom. A full North American tour will be announced shortly.

While you wait, the band is offering a free download of the driving new track “Dear Author.” Head here to download!

Eulogies and Darker My Love will take the stage on Saturday (17 APR) at booth #555 at this year’s Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California. Eulogies is on at 1:15 pm, and Darker My Love kicks off at 5:15 pm. For more info, head to the Sea Otter website, and click here for free mp3 downloads from both bands!

Amoeba has posted video of Darker My Love’s performance along with interview footage from their recent in-store performance. Head over to Amoeba’s website and check it out.

Check out Darker My Love live from their recent Yahoo! Music Critical Eye performance…

Visit erockster.com to watch an exclusive Darker My Love video interview….

Darker My Love is featured in this week’s episode of Tuned In With Nic Harcourt. Watch the video above, or head over to the Tuned In website on KCRW.com.

Darker My Love performed “Two Ways Out” on maniaTV’s music show All Access last week. Check out the performance below, or visit maniaTV’s website.

Darker My Love is on the cover of the latest edition of the L.A. Record. Visit larecord.com for the full interview.

In case you missed Darker My Love on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic yesterday, you can listen to the performance in it’s entirety on KCRW’s website.

Darker My Love will be finishing their month-long, dual-city residency in Los Angeles TONIGHT (7 AUG) at The Troubadour with fellow Dangerbirds Eulogies. Doors open at 7:30; don’t be late!

Darker My Love will be featured on the front page of the iTunes store this week, as 2 is released tomorrow (5 AUG). Head over to iTunes now to pre-order the album, or buy it tomorrow when it hits store shelves!

Darker My Love is Anti-Music’s August “File Under Cool and Underrated Artist of the Month”. The album was also given 4.5/5 stars – full article HERE.

Darker My Love and Eulogies will be playing a massive show next Tuesday (5 AUG) at The Independent in San Francisco, in honor of the release of Darker My Love 2. Don’t miss it! Doors are at 8, and the show begins promptly at 9…

The Darker My Love “Two Ways Out” video will make its Subterranean debut on Saturday night (2 AUG) at 11pm. Head over to the Subterranean website for more info.

Darker My Love continue to pick up steam in the week leading up to the release of their sophomore album, 2. With 85 total adds, they find themselves the second most added band this week at college radio, second only to Conor Oberst who topped charts this week.

Tim from Darker My Love is showing in a group art show in Los Angeles in August, so we thought we’d share the details:

JAIL
965 N. Vignes Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.621.9567

August 2 – August 30, 2008
Opening reception:
Sat. August 2, 6-10pm

LOOK! presents a collection of Los Angeles and San Francisco based artists employing a variety of mediums: paintings, sculpture, collage, drawing and installation. Curated by Emily Sills, the exhibition includes artists Deedee Cheriel, Courtney Duncan, Katrin Jurati, Katie Lewis, Lumivalkoinen, Sam Lubicz, Sarah Jean Madson, Tim Presley, Bailey Salisbury, Carlos Saul Laszlo and Daren Wilson.

LOOK! constructs sporadic interconnectedness through the relationship of the different pieces to each other. The cohesion of the show is the story of the art itself and the story each artist tells via their medium. Adapted from the School of Language Poets’ concept of “The New Sentence,” LOOK! takes the idea of object referentially or objects posed for friction to create meaning. The exhibit offer lapses and layers so the mind can move freely from one subject to other, welcoming the onlooker to participate and bring their own interpretation or unedited stream of consciousness. LOOK! is to stay in a perpetual beginning where each piece comments on and are commented on by the surrounding pieces.

“If it were writing we would have to explain” Lyn Hejinian, Bay Area Language Poet.”

The LA Times ran their review of Darker My Love’s forthcoming album 2 today, claiming it “a sophomore album so deep in aural and emotional layers you don’t quite know what to call it.” Read the full review at latimes.com, and be sure to catch them at a venue near you in the coming weeks and months (dates here).

In preparation For Darker My Love’s performance at the Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend in Seattle, KEXP has named “Two Ways Out” their song of the day for today (22 JULY). You can subscribe to the KEXP podcast on iTunes, or visit the KEXP Blog to get them straight from the source.

Darker My Love is featured in the current round of the Yahoo! Music “Who’s Next?” competition, and needs your help! Head over to Yahoo! Music and vote early and often. The winning band is invited to perform a set in the Yahoo! Music Studios…

MTVu interviewed Rob Barbato of Darker My Love for a feature on their site. It’s possible, at times, that Rob may be taking the piss—or DML may indeed have tried to purchase a baby alien. Read the whole thing HERE.

Darker My Love’s “Two Ways Out” (from their forthcoming album, 2, out 5 AUG) video is premiering today on MTVu! See below, or click HERE to check it out.

Darker My Love will be heading out with The Dandy Warhols for a late summer / early fall US tour. Be sure to check them out in a town near you:

SEPT 9 MINNEAPOLIS / First Avenue
SEPT 10 MADISON / Barrymore Theatre
SEPT 12 CHICAGO / Vic Theatre
SEPT 13 TORONTO / Kool Haus
SEPT 14 MONTREAL / Club Soda
SEPT 16 BOSTON / Wilbur Theatre
SEPT 17 NEW YORK / Terminal 5
SEPT 19 BROOKLYN / Music Hall of Williamburg
SEPT 20 PHILADELPHIA / The Filmore at TLA
SEPT 22 WASHINGTON, DC / 9:30 Club
SEPT 23 ATLANTA / Center Stage Atlanta
SEPT 26 LAWRENCE / Liberty Hall
SEPT 27 DENVER / Gothic Theatre
SEPT 28 ASPEN / Belly Up Aspen

Darker My Love is taking over Los Angeles and San Francisco with a series of free shows where they will pull back the curtain and reveal material from their polychromatic, forthcoming record, 2. Each fan will receive a limited edition 7-inch as well as the opportunity to pre-order the band’s sophomore LP for a special, discounted price at these performances. This dual-city onslaught will culminate with two back-to-back album release shows at San Francisco’s The Independent August 5 and the Troubadour in Los Angeles August 7, where fans will receive a copy of the album when they purchase a ticket for only $9.99. A swirling mix of reverb-drenched guitars, pounding rhythms and beautiful, stratosphere-scraping harmonies, Darker My Love’s, 2, will be released August 5.

June 5 Los Angeles, Calif. Troubadour w/Black Angels
July 17 San Francisco, Calif. Popscene
July 18 Los Angeles, Calif. The Echo
July 24 San Francisco, Calif. The Rickshaw Stop
July 25 Los Angeles, Calif. The Echo
July 26 Seattle, Wash. Capitol Hill Block Party
August 5 San Francisco, Calif. The Independent
August 7 Los Angeles, Calif. Troubadour
September 13 Denver, Colo. Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks

Supporting PF Flyers archival release of the 1956 Bob Cousy All-American, Darker My Love, Eulogies, the One AM Radio and Dappled Cities recorded classic tracks from 1956 to beautiful new expression. Click this link to listen to / download the tracks.

The 2008 Capitol Hill Block Party is going to be HUGE, and Darker My Love is gunna be there. Also confirmed are:

Vampire Weekend
Les Savy Fav
The Hold Steady
Girl Talk
Chromeo
Kimya Dawson
The Dodos
Jay Reatard

Click HERE for the official flyer.
Tickets for the two-day event go on sale this Friday at 10a.
For more info, head HERE.

Sea Wolf and Darker My Love will be at South by Southwest this year. See below, and check the ‘tours’ page for more details.

Thursday MAR 13 (12:15pm) – Darker My Love – Musebox / BUST Magazine Party
Thursday MAR 13 (1am) – Darker My Love – BD Rileys (SXSW showcase)

Friday MAR 14 (3pm) – Sea Wolf – Waterloo Records in-store

Saturday MAR 15 (5pm) – Sea Wolf – Filter Showcase at Cedar Street Courtyard
Saturday MAR 15 (1am) – Buffalo Billiards (SXSW showcase)

Darker My Love has just added a third date with Jesus and Mary Chain, at the San Francisco Fillmore. That’s back to back nights in SF, with an additional performance at the Denver Fillmore. See the tour page for all Dangerbird-related tour dates.

Darker My Love will be playing two shows with Jesus and Mary Chain this month; the first on 27 OCT at The Fillmore in San Francisco, and the second at The Fillmore in Denver the following night. See the touring page for details and all other Dangerbird tour info.

The Freshmen on MTVu has a video by Darker My Love in the running this week—the winner goes into full rotation. Vote for your favorite swarthy psych rockers here!

Darker My Love have signed to Dangerbird. DML’s reckless, gorgeous, droning debut record is already completed, and will come out in late August. DML includes former Distillers drummer Andy Granelli and former Nerve Agent Tim Presley.