Jennah Barry: voice/piano/accordion
Ida Maidstone: voice/piano/glock
Chantel Emond: voice/percussion
Olivier Clements: trumpet/flugelhorn
David Barry: guitar
Colin Nealis: upright bass
Galen Pelley: drums
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Praise for The O'Darling - The O'Darling (2009)
"{The O'darling} have somehow managed to out-perform their much-praised EP, A Nice EP, with a set of absolutely crushing tunes.”
“… achingly beautiful vocals… The sophisticated, dissonant harmonies are nothing short of celestial…”
- knoxroad.com
“Gorgeous Orchestral Slowcore Pop from this Toronto Band, nuff said.”
- slowcoustic.com
“As a six-piece, the band exhibits impressive restraint in creating music that thrives on subtlety, never overwhelming but yet always present.”
- wakingupto.wordpress.com
“The six diverse members of the band create a fuzzy encompassing atmosphere that is both intelligent and emotional. “
“The jazzy river they traverse is filled with folksy, alt-country and poppy inlets…original and unique in nature.”
- laughingevergreens.blogspot.com
About The O’Darling’s self titled release:
“From front to back this is a record that will win over listener's hearts with its charm.”
“For melodic yet ornate indie pop, there have been few albums better than this new one from Toronto's own The O'Darling.”
- snobsmusic.net
"{The O'darling} have somehow managed to out-perform their much-praised EP, A Nice EP, with a set of absolutely crushing tunes.”
“… achingly beautiful vocals… The sophisticated, dissonant harmonies are nothing short of celestial…”
- knoxroad.com
“Gorgeous Orchestral Slowcore Pop from this Toronto Band, nuff said.”
- slowcoustic.com
“As a six-piece, the band exhibits impressive restraint in creating music that thrives on subtlety, never overwhelming but yet always present.”
- wakingupto.wordpress.com
“The six diverse members of the band create a fuzzy encompassing atmosphere that is both intelligent and emotional. “
“The jazzy river they traverse is filled with folksy, alt-country and poppy inlets…original and unique in nature.”
- laughingevergreens.blogspot.com
About The O’Darling’s self titled release:
“From front to back this is a record that will win over listener's hearts with its charm.”
“For melodic yet ornate indie pop, there have been few albums better than this new one from Toronto's own The O'Darling.”
- snobsmusic.net
A seven-piece, orchestral outfit; The O’Darling is redefining the new Canadian sound and quickly becoming one of the country’s most promising bands. Their exceptional musicianship, thoughtful song-writing, achingly beautiful vocals and sophisticated harmonies make The O'Darling nothing short of celestial. With contrasting but perfectly blended personalities, the band creates “gorgeous orchestral slowcore pop...” (snobsmusic.net) that “...thrives on subtlety.” (wakingupto.wordpress.com).
From accross Canada; Jennah Barry, Ida Maidstone, Chantel Emond, Olivier Cléments, David Barry, Galen Pelley and Colin Nealis first met in Toronto and formed The O’Darling in 2008. An overwhelming response from the city’s indie scene prompted the band to record and release a debut EP; the succesful and properly titled; “A Nice EP”. Fans, internet critics and music bloggers alike named the group as something to look out for. Their eagerly anticipated full length album entitled “The O’Darling” was released in the summer of 2009. This stunning collection of songs caught the attention of Maurice (Warner Bros. Records), Hey Ocean, Dan Mangan (File Under: Music), Aidan Knight and Said the Whale with whom they’ve shared stages with during their Canadian summer tour in 2009. With air time on CBC Radio, two successful cross Canadian tours and loads of fans from coast to coast, The O’Darling is most certainly on the rise and is undoubtedly becoming a powerful player in the future of Canadian music.
"They have somehow managed to out-perform their much-praised EP, with a set of absolutely crushing tunes...” (Knox Road, Singapore)
“ ...from front to back this is a record that will win over listener's hearts with its charm...”
“For melodic yet ornate indie pop there have been few albums better than this new one from Toronto’s own The O’Darling.” (snobsmusic.net, Toronto)
Continuer à faire la grande musique. Merci de partager votre monde avec nous! Soyez béni et tout le meilleur pour vous. Meeks 2 Dieu je commémorer Keep making great music. Thank you for sharing your world with us! Be blessed and all the best to you. Meeks 2 Lord I Remember
My lovely friend Gulsah gave me your cd several months ago and I absolutely love it! Can't make it to your upcoming show but if you end up in London, On in the near future I will be so glad!
Hey Ida: I ran into Dave Flello a few days ago at L&M and gave him a copy of the new O'darlin CD. He was very appreciative . I also stopped up to see Jeremy Baker at the Zone 91.3 and gave him a copy. David Lennam one of my favourite Victoria writers now has a copy. Next on my list of shameless promotion is Mike Devlin. Hope school is going well. Don
It was an honor to play with you in Wakefield. We all fell in love with your music. Thanks again for having us and hope to see you soon. Call us up if you intend to come to Montreal anytime;)
I have been good. Just getting my fingers around ol' Giant Steps. I'm sure you've been there done that tho. Its a fun one...modulation done major 3rds, so ingenious. Hopefully we can play some tunes when you are back to the west coast. Hows the end of third year?
