{"title":"Deardarkhead","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormed in 1988, Deardarkhead are based in the Atlantic City, New Jersey area and consist of: Kevin Harrington (guitar), Robert Weiss (drums), and James Malizia who joined in August 2024 on bass guitar. They have been performing as an all instrumental unit since their long term vocalist\/bassist, Michael Amper, left the group back in 2009. The band takes its name from an Irish poem, \"Cean Dubh Dilis\" (1867 Sir Samuel Ferguson), about a beautiful girl with black hair. Words like atmospheric, ethereal and dreampop are often used to describe their original guitar driven, psychedelic storm of sound that balances moody textures and shimmering melodies.“Their sound is openly and proudly Anglophilic, combining both elements of the blissout\/shoegaze scene and a slightly older vein of post-punk guitar experimentalism, making at its best a rich combination between the two influences, shamelessly romantic and elegant,” says Ned Raggett, Allmusic.com They have played with the likes of Supergrass, The Psychedelic Furs, Everclear, Nothing and The Lilys, to name a few. Deardarkhead have released five recordings, since forming, on their own Fertile Crescent Records label. Their music has also appeared on various indie compilations from the USA and Japan. Captured Tracks released a retrospective of their early material called Oceanside: 1991-1993 as the second contribution to their Shoegaze Archives series at the end of 2011. The band joined Saint Marie Records, a label specializing in shoegaze, dreampop, indiepop and electronic music, in 2015. Their first recording for the label, Strange Weather, was released in March 2016 and has been well received by critics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"deardarkhead-unlock-the-valves-of-feeling-cd","title":"Deardarkhead - Unlock the Valves of Feeling (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeardarkhead - Unlock the Valves of Feeling (CD)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fertile Crescent Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52492046270757,"sku":"765481647624","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/1250\/3845\/files\/ddh5-1.png?v=1780156094"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/1250\/3845\/collections\/DDH_TPS_3000x3000_72dpi-1-scaled_13852ceb-fa83-4d60-be13-6aba0918ec6c.jpg?v=1782251357","url":"https:\/\/store.spinneymedia.com\/collections\/deardarkhead.oembed","provider":"Spinney Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}