I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness is a five-piece dark pop band out of Austin, TX; scene mates include Paul Newman, Windsor for the Derby, and Glorium. But I Love You, formed in 2001 and comprised of singer Christian Goyer, bassist Edward Robert, guitarists Ernest Salaz and Daniel Del Favero, and percussionist Tim White, is not all that predictable, at least if their debut album, Fear Is on Our Side, tells a reliable story. Where the band's self-titled EP, a five-song dazzler issued in 2003 on the daredevil Emperor Jones label, offered up mildly doleful and semi-danceable indie rock courtesy of Spoon's Britt Daniel, who produced and helped swirl buzz on the band beyond the city limits, Fear Is on Our Side takes a turn for the seriously, achingly bleak. Echoes of Talk Talk and other visceral, introspective 1980s bands filter through the familiar guitar textures, but the mid-2000s is a new era for intelligent gloominess, and flavoring this brew is an overcharged mindfulness that suggests close attention to recent musical history, especially electronica. Though the group's output so far suggests a willingness to climb and explore, cynicism would seem to be an enduring I Love You trait. Their recognition of its versatility promises to propel them.

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - According To Plan
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness @ MySpace

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The Kooks - Inside In, Inside Out !!!
Elmer Food Beat - Best Of
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/s5odr
Page France - Come, I'm A Lion! !!!
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/qoaod
The Frantics - Meet The Frantics + Best You Never Had + B Sides
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/ps4sc
Insane Clown Pose - The Great Milenko
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/nl6lq
Indie Hip-Hop
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/q9o9t
Fort Minor - We Major (Mixtape, Dj Green Lantern, Mike Shinoda)
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/oa2r2
Akon - A Star Is Born (Mixtape, DJ E.Nyce)
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/nsgcz
Kaskade - In The Moment
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/qhyxl
Madkilla - Criminal Country (Dade Country) Mixtape
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/oom8j
VA - Electro Boogie Vol.1 + Vol.2
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/nxx28