deardarkhead takes its name from an Irish poem by Sir Samuel Ferguson "Cean Dubh Dilis" (1867) about a beautiful girl with black hair. The group’s sound is openly and proudly Anglophilic, combining both elements of the blissout shoegazer scene and a slightly older vein of post-punk guitar experimentalism, making a rich combination between the two influences. 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.
NAME
deardarkhead
FROM
Linwood, Philadelphia PA
INFLUENCES
Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, U2, The Chameleons, Joy Division, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Church, The Psychedelic Furs, The Beatles, 4AD Records, Creation Records, Factory Records to name a few!
