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album:  Extralife
artist:   Darlingside
released: 2018-02-23
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Darlingside

Darlingside is a four-person indie folk band from Boston, MA. The band consists of Don Mitchell, Auyon Mukharji, Harris Paseltiner, and David Senft. Their style has been described as “exquisitely arranged, literary-minded, baroque folk-pop” by All Songs Considered. As of August 2023, the band has released ten EPs and LPs, their latest being Everything is Alive.

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Hold Your Head Up High - Darlingside
Posted 5 years ago by cinzia1026:
Wow, no comments on Darlingside yet?  I love the textures of their harmonies, lyrics and melodies.  And they started out from where I live!
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Posted 5 years ago by Ipse_Dixit:
David Spade:  I liked this band  better when they were called *Fleet Foxes*

Regardless, a nice tune.
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Posted 5 years ago by capooti:
Beautiful tune! sounds a bit like Fleet Foxes
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Posted 5 years ago by lizardking:
cinzia1026 wrote:
Wow, no comments on Darlingside yet?  I love the textures of their harmonies, lyrics and melodies.  And they started out from where I live!
 
Darlingside is a four-person indie folk band from Boston, MA. The band consists of Don Mitchell, Auyon Mukharji, Harris Paseltiner, and David Senft. Their style has been described as “exquisitely-arranged, literary-minded, baroque folk-pop” by NPR. Their latest full-length album, Extralife, was released in February 2018 by Thirty Tigers.

Seems like you and NPR have similar opinions of them....I'm at a 7 still, maybe when an 8 one day....Long Live RP!!
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Posted 4 years ago by rdunham:
Love Darlingside. These four guys were schoolmates at Williams College, and now are based in Boston. I’ve seen them many times, especially at Caffe Lena. They are far beyond folk performers. Their strength is in their harmonies. Additionally, they are great multi instrumentalists; a tricked out banjo and some electronics, a touch of violin and cello, and a kick drum. Thank you Bill for your playing.
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Posted 5 years ago by cely:
Very sweet chorus, but it feels like I've heard that melody many times before.  Doesn't really matter though.
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Posted 4 years ago by Michael_Dean:
I like this a lot, it's easy / fun to harmonize with and they make me think of Graham Nash.
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Posted 5 years ago by MrJenkins:
cinzia1026 wrote:
Wow, no comments on Darlingside yet?  I love the textures of their harmonies, lyrics and melodies.  And they started out from where I live!
 

it reminds me a bit of coldplay 
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Posted 4 years ago by derrylm1:
The entire album is lovely, wonderful. And I purchased it on a whim after hearing them perform only one song at a folk festival.
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Posted 3 years ago by rhiangalthie:
 thewiseking wrote:

A question for the little millenials: How does one differentiate this from Fleet Foxes.........Lumineers........et al?



Probably not necessary to sound patronizing.  I'm a boomer and I have no difficulty telling those groups apart. 
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Posted 5 years ago by nook:
Hmm.  Mellow.  Me likey....
Probably couldn't stomach a steady diet of this, but an occasional break into the mellow "folky" genre is often needed, even when we don't know it until it happens.
Thanks Bill
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Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach:
I love this melancholy sh*t.
If it happens to sound similar to some other band, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.
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Posted 3 years ago by the_jake:
 thewiseking wrote:

A question for the little millenials: How does one differentiate this from Fleet Foxes.........Lumineers........et al?


Not a millennial, but Darlingside harmonizing sounds better to me.
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Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy:
Nice!
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Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo:
Bumped from 8 -> 9 because it's so lovely.
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Posted 4 years ago by Steely_D:
Reminds me a bit of Bon Iver.
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Posted 1 year ago by vandal:
 On_The_Beach wrote:

I love this melancholy sh*t.
If it happens to sound similar to some other band, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.



This! 
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Posted 2 years ago by Styopa:
stop labelling yourselves
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Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee:
great simple tune, like the lyrics and the horns add the flavor
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Posted 3 years ago by MassivRuss:
"Scratches on the album..." ? These are kids who've never lived the vinyl life. Good on them to know the olde lore.
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