Ears Wide Open: Stone Darling
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Stone Darling have indeed become quite the darlings in L.A., thanks to their whispery, soul-laden harmonies. They’re the latest group of ladies to make reverb-drenched tunes to soundtrack California’s sunny days. However, Liv Marsico, Lindsay Dawn, Mikki Itzigsohn and Paige Stark take the simple yet sparkling Spector formula and spin pop with folk undertones for a sound that charmingly beckons one into delightful submission. There’s also a bit of mystery instilled in their vocal arrangements even if their songs are rather unabashedly romantic or full of rock ‘n’ roll gumption.
||| Download: “All I Wanna Do” for an exchange of your e-mail address at their bandcamp page.
[audio:http://www.mediafire.com/file/g8elc4jf63gbikn/Stone%20Darling_All%20I%20Wanna%20Do.mp3]||| Live: Stone Darling plays tonight as part of the Rumble (free show) at the Echoplex with Vanaprasta and Polls.
Photo by Tiffany Roohani
||| Also: Take a listen to their cover of Funkadelics’ “Can You Get To That” after the jump.
i have seen Stone Darling a few times and they seemed to be a band getting better each time until their recent Echo set. one of the worst 35min i have seen by a local band in a long long time–totally phoned it in and none gave any indication they wanted to be there and paige was the worst–maybe a off night we can hope as they can do so much better.
Hmm – I dunno – I was at that same show and I didn’t think it was bad at all – and I’ve seen them before as well. Everyone is entitled to an off-night – find me an act that hasn’t had a few and I’ll give you a dollar!
I heard one of their songs on KCRW this week – something tells me they’re about to blow up.
Saw this band tonight at the Echoplex and enjoyed every minute of it!
I was at the echoplex show too and i thought they sounded great. It was my first time seeing them, I had come for Vanaprasta. if they are usually much better I will definitely be at the next show.