DARKER MY LOVE Alive As You Are (2010 UK 11-track CD album - Informed by profound personal tragedy, 'Alive As You Are' marks an extraordinary reinvention for the Los Angeles-based band; a rambling, powerfully realized work of great nuance and even greater heart, it is their most musically focused and emotionally direct collection to date. Songs like 'June Bloom' and 'Dear Author' see DML traveling away from their trademark psychedelic power drones to a more evocative approach reliant on bold, straightforward songcraft and earthy, intricate arrangements)