KING DARVES - The Sun Splits For .. The Blind Swimmer LP garage The Earth Is Not a

The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place takes its shape not in the unexpected cacophony that had become the band's trademark

thick grooves and tribal psychedelia

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harmonica & synthesizer

KING DARVES - The Sun Splits For .. The Blind Swimmer LP garage The Earth Is Not aSo i would imagine that you'd have one look at the photo of King Darves we have here and think "Oh brother! Another guy with a beard getting over what looks like a bad case of the clap and an acoustic guitar. Where's my axe?" so we're not gonna put it up here. (Mystique, dig?) But it's really not like that, i tell you! The bedrock of King Darves' New Brunswick based concoction is certainly folk based but there's no headband and he's not singing of