last week, i featured a song from the o'darling 's ep released last year. right now, they're busy working on their debut full length album, but the darlings they are took time off on sunday morning yesterday to catch up with me over an email interview. so here's the full interview, anchored by lead vocalist jennah barry with the rest of this six-piece toronto-based band in tow as they share with us their thoughts on places, their music, and a little glimpse into that upcoming album. enjoy! Hi everyone! Thanks to Daylight Saving, we're exactly [...]
the weather's been predictably unpredictable lately. right now, the sun is out in full force, but from the way the world's been turning on this end of the equator, the rain should be coming in a couple of hours. which brings me to my current rainy season music of choice: the o'darling , the very aptly named orchestral outfit from toronto. as a six-piece, the band exhibits impressive restraint in creating music that thrives on subtlety, never overwhelming but yet always present. i wouldn't call their music sparse, but it does give you plenty of space to breathe, to [...]
We've really been getting lucky in the inbox lately (no, that was not a sexual reference), this time from The O'Darling , a female-fronted six-piece Canadian (specifically, Toronto) troupe. The O'Darling is comprised of Jennah Barry (vocals, piano, accordion and glock), Ida Mainstone (vocals, piano, glock), Chantel Emond (vocals - if you can't tell there's a lot of vocals going on, percussion), Olivier Clements (trumpet, flugel), David Barry (guitar), and Colin Nealis (upright bass). That's a lot of instruments. And somehow, The O'Darling manages to make it all work. I can't really place The O'Darling [...]
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