Faustine Seilman invites Dark Dark Dark to tour together during November.

Who is Dark Dark Dark ?

The American friendly folks just released their second album, ‘Wild Go‘ in the United States.

Do not hesitate to discover them and show them some love, they definitely deserve it !

Minneapolis based chamber-folk sextet Dark Dark Dark revel in the wonder that is around us always. On their breathtaking sophomore album ‘Wild Go‘, which arrived October 5, 2010 via Supply and Demand Music, the band has created a stirring reminder to seek out that magic. Their dramatic sound sets Nona Marie Invie’s soaring, haunting voice against age-old instrumentation that evokes the soundtrack to a beautiful film.
The 10-song collection is a marked evolution for the group, which began in 2006 as a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists and singers Nona Marie Invie and Marshall LaCount.

These two inspired songwriters bring together disparate influences – including minimalism, New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk, and pop – creating something altogether singular and absolutely epic. This diversity is their greatest strength. They use contrast – in texture, tone, and imagery – to build their own deeply-experienced world into the songs. For example, on the single ‘Daydreaming‘, Invie’s warm voice and piano are supported by spare and clean drums, a guitar with lush reverb, and cascades of dirty and distorted banjo, while an accordion wanders its way through harmonies.

For ‘Wild Go‘, the group expanded the sound they captured on their 2008 debut, ‘The Snow Magic‘. They’ve continued with the line-up that solidified on their critically-acclaimed ‘Bright Bright Bright‘ EP (March 2010), and pushed further with more nuanced arrangements and more personal content.

To get their expansive and emotional sound on tape, the band collaborated with producer Tom Herbers, a Minneapolis stalwart known for his credits with the Jayhawks, Low, and Soul Asylum, who also helmed this year’s ‘Bright Bright Bright‘ EP. They worked live to analog tape to add immediacy, intimacy, and warmth to the songs. The sextet got the basics finished in two weeks during January 2010. They used a trio of Minneapolis studios – including a renovated church and an old theater, and recorded live with very few overdubs.

Dark Dark Dark thrives on touring, and will throughout the US and Europe in support of ‘Wild Go‘. “We try to create a magical space with our performances,” Invie reveals. “I’m always blown away by the number of people that come up to me afterward and say how much the music touched them. I love it when people can dance and have fun at our shows, but it’s when people are quiet and I can tell that they are feeling it on a personal level that I feel like I’m really connecting.”

‘Wild Go‘ will connect with listeners and transport them into Dark Dark Dark’s mesmerizing vision of a world within this world. They don’t settle for the ordinary, and they ask that we come along.