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Darlingside — Hold Your Head Up High
Album: Extralife
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Released: 2018
Length: 3:29
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How it rambles 'round the moon
A let-go-of balloon
Nothing is forever, everything is soon

And my father as he stands
A perfect cartoon man
Heavy-sighed and open-eyed, I heard him speak

Hold your head up high
Hold your head up high

Rise it up, it's fine terrain
The time will come again
And misery's no rest for weary gentlemen

See that humankind is you
Like all the rest, down to
The scratches on the album that you're singing to

Hold your head up high
Hold your head up high

Through the light and through the shadow
I won't wait it out, wait it out

Hold your head up high
Hold your head up high
Hold your head up high

Biting clovers in the lawn
A solitary fawn
Underground, the new life thunders up and on
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Very nice lyrics. makes me stop and ponder. 
Posted 1 week ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

I love this melancholy sh*t.
If it happens to sound similar to some other band, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.



This! 
Posted 1 year ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
I love this melancholy sh*t.
If it happens to sound similar to some other band, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
stop labelling yourselves
Posted 2 years ago by Styopa    [ Reply ]
 derrylm1 wrote:

The entire album is lovely, wonderful. And I purchased it on a whim after hearing them perform only one song at a folk festival.



Album..purchased....2021??
Posted 2 years ago by ibribe    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

A question for the little millenials: How does one differentiate this from Fleet Foxes.........Lumineers........et al?



Probably not necessary to sound patronizing.  I'm a boomer and I have no difficulty telling those groups apart. 
Posted 2 years ago by rhiangalthie    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

A question for the little millenials: How does one differentiate this from Fleet Foxes.........Lumineers........et al?


Not a millennial, but Darlingside harmonizing sounds better to me.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
great simple tune, like the lyrics and the horns add the flavor
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
A question for the little millenials: How does one differentiate this from Fleet Foxes.........Lumineers........et al?
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
"Scratches on the album..." ? These are kids who've never lived the vinyl life. Good on them to know the olde lore.
Posted 2 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Beautiful! I love these guys, have seen them live ❤️❤️❤️
Posted 2 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Bumped from 8 -> 9 because it's so lovely.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
The entire album is lovely, wonderful. And I purchased it on a whim after hearing them perform only one song at a folk festival.
Posted 3 years ago by derrylm1    [ Reply ]
Far better harmonies than Fleet Foxes...
Posted 4 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Love Darlingside. These four guys were schoolmates at Williams College, and now are based in Boston. I’ve seen them many times, especially at Caffe Lena. They are far beyond folk performers. Their strength is in their harmonies. Additionally, they are great multi instrumentalists; a tricked out banjo and some electronics, a touch of violin and cello, and a kick drum. Thank you Bill for your playing.
Posted 4 years ago by rdunham    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a bit of Bon Iver.
Posted 4 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
I like this a lot, it's easy / fun to harmonize with and they make me think of Graham Nash.
Posted 4 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
  rate 8 
Posted 4 years ago by sonymagellan    [ Reply ]
Hmm.  Mellow.  Me likey....
Probably couldn't stomach a steady diet of this, but an occasional break into the mellow "folky" genre is often needed, even when we don't know it until it happens.
Thanks Bill
Posted 4 years ago by nook    [ Reply ]
Very sweet chorus, but it feels like I've heard that melody many times before.  Doesn't really matter though.
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
 cinzia1026 wrote:
Wow, no comments on Darlingside yet?  I love the textures of their harmonies, lyrics and melodies.  And they started out from where I live!
 
Darlingside is a four-person indie folk band from Boston, MA. The band consists of Don Mitchell, Auyon Mukharji, Harris Paseltiner, and David Senft. Their style has been described as “exquisitely-arranged, literary-minded, baroque folk-pop” by NPR. Their latest full-length album, Extralife, was released in February 2018 by Thirty Tigers.

Seems like you and NPR have similar opinions of them....I'm at a 7 still, maybe when an 8 one day....Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
David Spade:  I liked this band  better when they were called *Fleet Foxes*

Regardless, a nice tune.
Posted 5 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
Beautiful tune! sounds a bit like Fleet Foxes
Posted 5 years ago by capooti    [ Reply ]
 cinzia1026 wrote:
Wow, no comments on Darlingside yet?  I love the textures of their harmonies, lyrics and melodies.  And they started out from where I live!
 

it reminds me a bit of coldplay 
Posted 5 years ago by MrJenkins    [ Reply ]
Wow, no comments on Darlingside yet?  I love the textures of their harmonies, lyrics and melodies.  And they started out from where I live!
Posted 5 years ago by cinzia1026    [ Reply ]