2 (Darker My Love album)

Studio album by Darker My Love

Released

5 August 2008

Recorded

2007 at Sunset Sound Recorders

Label

Dangerbird Records

Producer

Dave Cooley

Darker My Love chronology

Darker My Love
(2006)

2
(2008)

Alive As You Are
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Independent	^[2]
Culturedeluxe	(8/10) ^[3]
Drowned In Sound	(6/10) ^[4]
LA Times	(?) ^[5]
Pitchfork Media	(4.4/10.0) ^[6]
This Is Fake DIY	(7/10) ^[7]

2 is the second album by the Los Angeles band Darker My Love. Recorded primarily at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, with additional recording at Sage & Sound, The Boat, Sonora and Westbeach Recorders, it is the first with Will Canzoneri on organ and clavinet. It was released on 5 August 2008. The artwork for the album was by the lead guitarist/vocalist Tim Presley. Several of the songs on 2 had previously been performed live in a different arrangement under various working titles, appearing on the set of live albums that Darker My Love recorded during their Spaceland residency in 2006. The bass guitarist/vocalist Rob Barbato reportedly compulsively consumed two tablespoons of apple sauce between vocal takes on the song "Two Ways Out".

The album, produced by Dave Cooley and mixed by Tony Hoffer, peaked at #41 on the heatseekers album chart.

Track listing

The band simultaneously released two different versions of the album, on CD and double LP, with different track listings. The LP version also has the track "Pharoah Sanders' Tomb".

CD version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Northern Soul"	Barbato	4:17
2.	"Blue Day"	Presley/Barbato	3:19
3.	"Two Ways Out"	Barbato	3:34
4.	"Pale Sun"	Barbato	2:56
5.	"White Composition"	Presley/Barbato	3:27
6.	"Add One To the Other One"	Presley/DML	3:39
7.	"Even In Your Lightest Day"	Presley/Barbato	2:15
8.	"All The Hurry and Wait"	Presley	4:39
9.	"Waves"	Presley/DML	2:52
10.	"Talking Words"	Presley	3:09
11.	"Immediate Undertaking"	Presley	6:39

LP version

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Hurry & Wait"	Presley	4:17
2.	"Waves"	Presley/DML	3:19
3.	"Talking Words"	Presley	3:34

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Blue Day"	Presley/Barbato	2:56
5.	"White Composition"	Presley/Barbato	3:27
6.	"Add One To the Other One"	Presley/DML	3:39

Side C
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Even In Your Lightest Day"	Presley/Barbato	2:15
8.	"Northern Soul"	Barbato	4:39
9.	"Pharoah Sanders' Tomb"	Presley/Barbato	2:52

Side D
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Two Ways Out"	Barbato	6:39
11.	"Pale Sun"	Barbato	3:09
12.	"Immediate Undertaking"	Presley	4:45

Personnel

Musicians

Tim Presley – vocals/guitar
Rob Barbato – vocals/bass guitar
Jared Everett – guitar
Will Canzoneri – organ/clavinet
Andy Granelli – drums

Orpheo McCord – percussion (on "Even in Your Lightest Day")
Stephanie O'Keefe – French horn
Bruce Otto – tenor and bass trombone
The Section Quartet – strings
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Daphne Chen – violin
- Leah Katz – viola
- Richard Dodd – cello
Timm Boatman – bells
Steven Rhodes – shaker (on "Northern Soul")

Other personnel

Produced by Dave Cooley
Mixed by Tony Hoffer
Engineered by Steven Rhodes
Mastered by Alan Yoshida
Strings and brass on "All The Hurry & Wait" arranged by Will Canzoneri
Artwork by Tim Presley
Layout by Sara Cummings
A&R – Jeff Castelaz and Peter Walker
Management – Dangerbird

References

↑ "2 - Darker My Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ "Album: Darker My Love, 2 (Dangerbird/Strange Addiction) - Reviews, Music". The Independent. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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↑ Takru, Radhika (2009-08-03). "Darker My Love - 2 / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
↑ "Your guides through L.A.'s Darker side", Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
↑ Moerder, Adam (28 August 2008). "Darker My Love: 2 - Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
↑ Routledge, Laura (3 August 2009). "Darker My Love: 2". This Is Fake DIY. Retrieved 16 February 2014.