{"id":244400,"date":"2011-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/the-darrows-debut-parlour-music\/"},"modified":"2011-07-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:00:00","slug":"the-darrows-debut-parlour-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/the-darrows-debut-parlour-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Darrows debut ‘Parlour Music’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The Darrows (Photography by Brandon Leck)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Casually seductive melodies and hints of old rock influences<\/p>\n

By Erin Goss |<\/strong> Reportero SDUN<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something to be said about getting older\u2014it brings perspective.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s perspective that created local band The Darrows from its former incarnation\u2014Emery Byrd.<\/p>\n

The new group\u2019s debut album, \u201cParlour Music,\u201d boasts the benefits of life experience, reflecting upon the band\u2019s initial foray into the music industry and the realizations that ensued.<\/p>\n

The album encapsulates \u201cthat common thread about how you thought things were going to turn out when you were 21 or 22, \u2026 and then what happened when they didn\u2019t necessarily go that way,\u201d said The Darrows\u2019 singer and guitarist Brandon Leck, describing the theme of \u201cParlour Music.\u201d<\/p>\n

But although Emery Byrd managed neither fame nor fortune, its members refused to crumble in defeat.<\/p>\n

Instead, they went back to the drawing board with fewer expectations and emerged with music that is evolved, dimensional, and pretty damn good.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything was really transitional. We were with Emery Byrd for so long and a really tight knit group, and when that sort of falls apart you\u2019re thinking how much you put into it and realize you\u2019ve lost a bit of family,\u201d explains Matt Carastro, who plays guitar and shares lead vocals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had songs left over from before, so we just started recording them,\u201d Brandon adds. This time though, the group played the songs without their previous expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t apprehensive this time around to try new things; whereas, with Emery Byrd it seemed like there were some guidelines. Now we\u2019ve got some more freedom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bassist Bobby Pratt agrees. \u201cWhen we started recording, it wasn\u2019t like this was going to be a band; it was just fun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Doing something simply for the pleasure of it sounds easy. But the burden of knowing where and what you want to be and how far you have to go has hindered many a musician, not to mention detracted from the enjoyment of the process itself.<\/p>\n

So these days, The Darrows are deliberately laid back. When asked how they were preparing for this summer\u2019s live shows (considering they only have three under their belt), the band answered with \u201c10 Minute Abs\u201d and the infomercial phenomenon \u201cShake Weights.\u201d<\/p>\n

While staying in peak physical shape is important, though, the band\u2019s ambition isn\u2019t so much \u201cworld domination,\u201d Matt jokes, as simply playing for listeners\u2019 pleasure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can have people who enjoy it and us still enjoy it, then that\u2019s good. And to go out and play for a few more people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would love to think that a big outdoor arena might be the ultimate thing, but I think somewhat of the intimacy is lost in that. Nothing really tops The Casbah. It\u2019s comfortable; it sounds great, and it always feels good to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if people are at least looking in our direction we\u2019re good. If they\u2019re telling a joke and poking their friend in the belly we lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

But paradoxically, The Darrows\u2019 carefree attitude has created an album worthy of the success that many fame hungry bands aspire to.<\/p>\n

With casually seductive melodies and hints of old rock influences, \u201cParlour Music\u201d reflects upon the bands\u2019 experiences and accepts the reality of the group\u2019s limitations.<\/p>\n

On \u2018Disintegrate Alright,\u2019 for instance, Brandon sings, \u201cSomeone would come and say, I\u2019m in control, well, it goes to show there\u2019s nothing you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s anything one learns over time, it\u2019s that control is an illusion, and it\u2019s ironic that, with major-label wisdom like that to share, The Darrows is now content playing small local shows.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Casually seductive melodies and hints of old rock influences By Erin Goss | SDUN Reporter There\u2019s something to be said about getting older\u2014it brings perspective. And it\u2019s perspective that created local band The Darrows from its former incarnation\u2014Emery Byrd. The new group\u2019s debut album, \u201cParlour Music,\u201d boasts the benefits of life experience, reflecting upon the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":244401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"The Darrows debut 'Parlour Music'","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}