Chances are, if you haven't heard of Montreal's best-kept secret The Darling DeMaes yet, you will soon. With only one acoustic album under their belt, The Darling DeMaes have managed to draw the attention of some sharp ears in the industry and were just granted an Independent Artists Recording loan from F.A.C.T.O.R. - so you can look forward to their first full-length (and full band) album, due out next month. The soothing girl/boy vocal harmonies and punctual "ooo-wahs" create a deceivingly cheery pop aesthetic that disguises some of the darker themes they deal with in their lyrics. Even their seemingly benign choice title "The Darling Demaes" has an grim underbelly; it's a tribute to Lea DeMae - an olympic diver-turned-pornstar whole tragically died of a brain tumour at the height of her career. Similar to Connor Oberst's trembling vocals, lead Erik Virtanen's bleat is addictive without the whiny downside. The quirky lyrics of songs like "Young Mothers" ("I want to celebrate life, despite what's right/I want to live like a teenage mother") and "A Couple of Schizophrenics" ("We took off our straight jacket/Put on normal clothes and walked out") set The Darling DeMaes apart from other up-and-comers. Download songs from their acoustic album, Winter Keep Us Warm, FOR FREE on their website: www.darlingdemaes.com.
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