To look upon The Darcys is to invite wonder. They are the stuff of fiction – at first glance, all ties and skinny jeans and messy hair and Heidegger and old Tim Hortons cups and beards and roadside football throws. Reportedly deriving their name from Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet’s romantic interest in Pride and Prejudice, and D’Arcy McGee, the first Canadian political figure to be assassinated, the five 20-something Toronto natives defy easy classification, even four years in.
But then, the Darcys have always been unorthodox. In June 2007, with producer Matt Durante at the helm, they recorded their first full-length album, Endless Water – not in a studio or house, but in the airy heights of the Waterloo Regional Children’s Museum. The resulting disc quickly garnered attention: Exclaim! called it “a stunning collection of songs,” while the Toronto Star – reaching to describe the band’s inventive, luminous sound – dubbed them "Toronto's next great guitar band – equal parts Neil Young, contemporary Brit-pop and shoegazer glaze."
The description was an apt one. In the Spring of 2009, the band released a free download on their website: a cover of the Final Fantasy classic, “The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead.” The track’s muscular, electric stance signaled a bold departure from Owen Pallett’s original string-based arrangement, earning The Darcys’ version of the song airplay on CBC Radio 3 and Toronto’s Edge 102.1FM. At the same time, the band embarked on its third cross-Canada tour, turning in memorable showcases at Toronto’s NXNE festival, Calgary’s Sled Island, and a sold-out show at Vancouver’s historic Richards on Richards. Once again, Exclaim! praised the band’s evolving musicality: "their amped-up live interpretations recall the Constantines at their loudest and most structured, tightly hammering on inventive riffs and then retreating into soft choruses."
Following the success of Endless Water (now in its second pressing), the Darcys have spent the past year road-testing new material and will begin recording their sophomore effort in Montreal in August 2009. Assisting them on their follow-up is producer and Dears frontman Murray Lightburn.
Nice article in Steel Bananas, 'These The Darcys are five of some guys who tout a brand of thick, effects-heavy indie rock that occupies a bizarre middle ground between the dreamy, ethereal soundscapes of nineties shoegaze and the primal, lumbering anthem rock of Constantines'
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