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Darlingside is currently touring across 1 country and has 6 upcoming concerts.
Their next tour date is at Avalon Theatre in Easton, after that they'll be at Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore.
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Friday 22nd November, Omeara, London, Darlingside. Gig three out of four this week is with the Boston based band Darlingside underneath the arches at London Bridge venue Omeara which is fast becoming a favourite small venue of mine. They are consistently booking great and musically diverse acts such as Midland, Simone Felice, Strand of Oaks, Lera Lynn, and Chris Shiflett to name a few who have all put on fine shows in this intimate faux bordello.
Onto the show. It’s a minimal set with four microphones closely set together in sort of the shared one microphone bluegrass style. From the opening bars of recent album title track ‘Extralife’ it was immediately obvious we were in for a treat. It’s a semi unplugged show with banjo, cello, acoustic guitar, violin, mandolin with a bit of electric bass and guitar thrown in. Whilst they are all super talented musicians it’s when they collectively open their mouths that really knocks you back. The audience too are open mouthed in awe of the sound they we are hearing. There is no real lead singer on most tracks as they are all singing every word in the most beautiful four part close harmony. Think Beach Boys, the Byrds but in the range of say Elliot Smith.
The lighting tonight complements the sound with its subtle changes in colour and tone to match the music perfectly. The set pull tracks from across their catalogue with some ‘nearly new’ songs thrown in to boot. Their on stage presence and interaction is charming and amusing and the ten minute introduction of the band by Auyon Mukharji as he explains the history of Thanksgiving is funny. For example, I never knew Abraham Clinton was responsible for this holiday…. sorry Lincoln. Embracing the quirks of our country they also regale us with stories about the exotic English food they have sampled including toad in the hole and aubergine.
As is seemingly the norm these days the band decant from the stage and join us in the centre of the crowd for a sweet unplugged number that is so delicate in its simplicity and only proves, you don’t need auto tune, effects pedals or the like to produce the most sublime music.
It’s all over too quickly as we are kicked out for I guess some club night but I don’t walk back to the station but float and glide on a magic carpet of musical fulfilment.
Highlights tonight start at the opening track right through to the last bar, the last strum, the last word of the last song. Gig of the week yes, gig of the year quite possibly.
Till the next time keep on harmonically rockin y’all
Another stellar performance by Darlingside last night at the Chandler where a very appreciative crowd was on their feet before the last notes died away calling for more.
The band's intelligent and inspired lyrics combined with their heavenly harmonies and super instrumentals inspire images and evoke so much emotion in this fan. (Yeah...I tear up)
Their camaraderie is evident in their humorous banter between songs. This band has it all. I dare you not to fall in love with them!
I traveled 2 1/2 hours to see Darlingside, who happened to be opening for The Milk Carton Kids. Since I was mainly interested in seeing Darlingside, I worried their setlist might be a bit short; however, I was very happy with their more than an hour-long performance. The Boston alt-rock/folk quartet played a diverse mixture from their full length albums Birds Say and Extralife as well as songs off their two EPs Whippoorwill and Look Up and Fly Away. My favorite moment was when the band walked away from their mics and relied on the acoustics of The Jefferson Theater to carry their voices in their rendition of "Heart Again." I was disappointed that I did not record this part of the show. The song is so new that you cannot yet find an acoustic performance of it on the Internet. I hope Darlingside continues this tradition of singing one of their songs without the mics. The show was well worth the price of admission, and I'd gladly pay that price again, even if it were just to see an unmiked performance of Heart Again or one of their other songs.
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