You Came Out Screaming Bloody Murder
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
You Came Out Screaming Bloody Murder


A few weeks back we were going to preview a show that we were actually going to (what a concept), but then we kind of got busy. So instead here's a recap...

When we happened to catch Summer Darling a few weeks back in Long Beach it had been so long that we almost forgot how good they are. But as far as we can tell, shows for the band have been considerably spaced out this past year. Perhaps because of side projects like Ms. Heywood's lovely Kissing Cousins and Mr. Heywood's equally lovely Death House Chaplain taking some of their time or maybe because of the focus needed to record their highly anticipated follow-up to 2004's I Know You - I Never Knew You. Whatever the case, we've dearly missed hearing the roar of the Heywoods from a few feet away.

Twilight Sleep has been climbing the scenester charts in recent months with notable appearances with some of our favorite bands so it was time to give them a thorough lookover since apparently members split time between San Francisco and Los Angeles and we need them to concentrate on the latter. The hooks lie in Lathigara's synth-drenched arrangements and Marcellino's coo, which evokes fairly obvious Emiliana Torrini, Bjork, and Siobhan de Mare tonality. This all comes through pretty wonderfully on record but being a newish band there is still room for improvement for live shows. Given that they're playing on all the right bills this will happen sooner than later.

Summer Darling performs regularly around town in front of large audiences. New album, Gnostic Gospels, is due next year on Lujo Records.
Twilight Sleep opens for Silversun Pickups at the Troubadour on 12/16.


Summer Darling - "Math Is Everywhere" (MP3)
Twilight Sleep - "Ice Capade" (MP3)


Comments:
good post. i like these :)
 
Huge fan of Summer Darling. Just wish they'd tour the east coast!!
 
we wish they'd tour the east coast too! those summer darlings are quite the cats meow.
 
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