EJ Virtanen: voice, guitar Tasha Cyr: voice, vibes, glock, piano Buz: voice, guitars, melodica, mandolin Alec Ellsworth: bass Sami Kizilbash: drums
Influences
Beatles, Motown, David Bowie, Zombies, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pixies, Jeff Buckley, Jonathan Richman, Neutral Milk Hotel, Tom Waits, Ween, dead rock stars, Sigur Ros, Interpol, David Lynch, S.A.D., too many phobias to list, Canada, Montreal's amazing musicians, scenes like these:
A USER'S GUIDE TO RAISING THE DEAD (SONGS OF SPRING)
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Tracklist
With A Magnifying Glass
A Day In Her Life (Obituary Version)
Stomach Ghost
Young Mothers
The Ghost On Gwangali Beach
She Took Off Her Glasses
Winter In Montreal
Drugs Are Toxic (Winter Sky)
Into The Night (part II)
In Love With Patty Duke
Girl Soldiers
Ticking Clock
"Montreal’s The Darling DeMaes are one of Canada’s best kept secrets; somehow equally playful and sinister, the band grabs your attention and never lets go." ~ Bryan Acker, HeroHill
ABOUT "A USER'S GUIDE TO RAISING THE DEAD"
"An indie rock classic waiting to happen." ~ Joelle Lemieux, The Link
"Virtanen’s balance of bleeding heart and backhanded humour, twin fixations on love and death and faint retro rock ’n’ roll echo make him a contender for the next big new Morrissey. His voice is softer, the band’s arrangements more acoustic, but the Darling DeMaes’ giddy highs and suicidal lows evoke the Smiths and their ilk, without aping them." ~ Lorraine Carpenter, Montreal Mirror
"Likely to make you get up and dance as they are to inspire a pensive pose. It's pretty stuff, complete with textured guitars, propulsive rhythms, fluttering harmonies and subtly soaring melodies... We will be hearing more from these guys." ~ T'cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette
ABOUT THE DARLING DEMAES
"While it's easy to throw around the term "indie" with reference to The DeMaes, the group's output is a unique blend of classic folk with their own upbeat relevant approach... The product is a poetic, lyrically focused batch of songs that are likely to set them aside from the rest of the genre." ~ Steve Adamyk, Ottawa XPress
"A beautiful discovery to be made." ~ Clemence Risler, Voir Montreal
"Steely-string strumming and grand harmonies. The dripping sentimentality, character sketches, and dry humour are to be appreciated all on their own. Set against the spare - but warm - sound, the stories are magnified." ~ Fateema Sayani, Ottawa Citizen
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photography by Robert Klein
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produced and mixed by Mark Andrew Lawson
recorded at Red Rhino Studios in Montreal, 2007
We tell stories. Some are dark. But we usually smile when we sing them. And drown them in joy.
That was a great set at Rancho Relaxo. The sound combines infectious indie-rock with a breezy folk-feel. Love's 'Forever Changes' kept on popping-up in my head during your performance. And trust me. That's a good thing. Keep to your musical vision.
Just a reminder to listen to THE DARLING DEMAES on THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH. It's an ALL CANADIAN music show FRIDAYS 4:30-6pm CST on 91.7 KOOP FM in Austin, Texas. You can listen online at www.KOOP.org.
Hey Darling DeMaes, Glad to see you've been getting some Toronto love! Here's more: we played you on the podcast this week (episode 31). The podcast is all about music in Toronto, shows you can see that will cost you $10 or less. Details about this episode, and about how you can listen/download/subscribe are here: http://historyjen. blogspot. com/2009/03/podcast-31-11-15-march-2009. html Cheers, and have a great show at the Silver Dollar on Friday! Promises to be a fantastic night. Jen
Just wanted to let you know that we played one of your songs on the show last week. Go check out our myspace page for more info! Hope all is well! Cheers, The WAC gals
Thanks again for the invite guys! BECAUSE we love your music, and BECAUSE we think you're great people, we will do it again very soon. All the best and good luck! Sandra J.
