The Darcys
“Josie” (mp3)
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Three years of struggle, patience and loss. Thorough contemplation and tests of faith. The Darcys persist in 2011-12 with two releases. The first was an original studio album produced by Murray A. Lightburn of The Dears, and featuring 10 hauntingly beautiful songs, meticulously crafted and rich in dynamics and noise. The second and latest is a chilling and unlikely reimagining of Steely Dan’s 1977 classic AJA. These recordings, along with The Darcys’ massive, immaculate live performances, are evidence of a band whose moment has finally arrived. A group strengthened by its time and trials, whose future is built solely on the strength of its ideas and music of genuine depth and substance.
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The first single off the new album, “Josie”, was recently featured on Rolling Stone.com. Giving a nod to one of their favorite bands, The Darcys decided to craft their version of “Josie” in a decidedly different tone.”With ‘Josie,’ we wanted to create an ominous mood to close the record. The Steely Dan version plays like a breezy pop song about a beautiful girl, but the lyrics hint at violence and reckless abandon,” The Darcys’ Wes Marskell says. “Who is Josie to incite all of this? And where has she been? We loved the incongruity between Steely Dan’s feel and lyrical content, but our goal was to subvert the original by undermining that polarity.”
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