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Biography: Who Will Walk in the Darkness with You?, is the debut album released by Delmore Recording Society in 2004 to lots of really good and really bad reviews. It dives deep into a pond of existential doubt and functions as a collection of musical vignettes where characters negotiate how to get along in the world with and without the person to whom they feel closest. Rarely acknowledging gender, the lyrics have a purposeful drift, playing out strained, washed-out moments inspired by the likes of Robert Creeley, Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman in the Conversation and Elliot Gould in The Long Goodbye (What? No women?) Sex Brain E.P. was released March of 2006 on Bwatue Records, our
own little fake-label, named after the A-side of the Phil Ochs 45
on A&M that he recorded in Kenya. It means “Canoe”
in Swahili. Over the last few years, we’ve traveled all over the US several times on self-booked tours. Often, we travel in a ’95 Ford Taurus (new radiator, new used engine, new transmission, new battery, new starter, new used tires, 140,000 miles, never say die), but as we “blow-up” we now sometimes rent. In July 2008, the worst thing happened. Our friend and bandmate, Noel Sayre, passed away due to a swimming accident at a public pool. He was great violinist and a great person that will be sorely missed. He helped define the band in sound and spirit. The Black Swans are currently mixing their new album, Don’t
Blame the Stars, a concept album about being agnostic and placing
your faith in music and friendship instead of a higher power, with
nods to R&B, country, and rock and name-checking Joe Tex, Roy
Orbison, Jimi Hendrix, Sam Cooke, Iris Dement, and many others. It
was recorded (mostly) in a garage and mixing in a kitchen. Noel played
on most of the songs just weeks before he passed. Currently, DeCicca is producing a new album by Bob Martin, who’s 1973 RCA album Midwest Farm Disaster is a classic and a favorite. Black Swans Chris Forbes (electric guitar) and Canaan Faulkner (bass) also lend their talents to the recording. The Black Swans live in the wondrous Columbus, Ohio.
Arc North Workshop artists create Change! Columbus, OH September 2007 The Black Swans' morning wood, WMPG Portland, ME - Fall 2006 |