{"product_id":"something-was-there","title":"Something Was There","description":"\u003cp\u003eFans of contemporaries \u003cstrong\u003eWeyes Blood\u003c\/strong\u003e (of which DDD multi-instrumentalist \u003cstrong\u003eWalt McClements\u003c\/strong\u003e is now a full-time member) and \u003cstrong\u003eAngel Olsen\u003c\/strong\u003e (in whose live and studio band \u003cstrong\u003eInvie\u003c\/strong\u003e is now a staple) will find much to love in these songs, as well as the b-side, Invie’s solo piece, \"\u003cem\u003eFor Now\u003c\/em\u003e\" which, not unlike Invie’s 2017 solo release under the moniker IN \/ VIA, makes use of seamlessly interwoven piano and swelling, liquid synthesizer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInvie sounds a bit like an alternate dimension \u003cstrong\u003eSharon Van Etten\u003c\/strong\u003e here and elsewhere. The three song set has the understated intensity of \u003cem\u003eNick Cave’s The Boatman’s Call\u003c\/em\u003e and the promise of emotional lift off that characterizes \u003cem\u003eKate Bush’s The Sensual World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDark Dark Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e’s rich history is punctuated by house shows and train hopping; touring as support for \u003cem\u003eThe National\u003c\/em\u003e in Portugal; playing both the National and \u003cem\u003eTV on the Radio\u003c\/em\u003e’s ATP Festivals, and years of indefatigable coast-to-coast U.S. touring. It’s a history rich with recordings, including a pair of celebrated full-lengths produced by \u003cstrong\u003eTom Herbers\u003c\/strong\u003e (Low, \u003cem\u003eThe Cactus Blossoms\u003c\/em\u003e), three EPs, and a feature film score.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, ten years later, –– surprise –– a new 10” single. In 2013, when \u003cstrong\u003eDark Dark Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e released the \u003cem\u003eWhat I Needed\u003c\/em\u003e EP, anyone might have guessed it was a bridge between the previous year’s lauded LP \u003cem\u003eWho Needs Who\u003c\/em\u003e and the next big venture. The band had closed out 2012 as part of Australia's touring Harvest Festival, during which they stepped up to fill an unexpectedly vacant slot much later in the day, enchanting thousands of unsuspecting festival goers. Alas, after that, the band went silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe release of these new songs is certainly delightful and perhaps startling, as is the promise of more solo work from singer \u003cstrong\u003eNona Marie Invie\u003c\/strong\u003e. On the gorgeous and stately “\u003cem\u003eDidn’t I Try\u003c\/em\u003e,” Invie’s voice is elegant as ever, couched in the familiar sounds of \u003cstrong\u003eMarshall LaCount\u003c\/strong\u003e’s distorted banjo and \u003cstrong\u003eMark Trecka\u003c\/strong\u003e’s rolling drums. The loping and haunted “\u003cem\u003eSomething Was There\u003c\/em\u003e” follows –– a staple of \u003cstrong\u003eDark Dark Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e’s live sets in the last year of their touring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConsidering this band's history, their distinctive and dramatic sense of identity, this music is really and truly for fans of \u003cstrong\u003eDark Dark Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melodic","offers":[{"title":"10\"","offer_id":50489142870347,"sku":"2056249","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/MELO137_2dd6574d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727637791","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/something-was-there","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}