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Beginning as the frontman's solo project in 2007, Darwin Smith spent two and a half years painstakingly constructing his self-titled debut album in his bedroom using only a four stringed guitar, and old P.C, some effects plug-ins and a seriously ropey microphone. By the end of 2009 Smith had assembled a full-time band out of his best friends and began performing live all over New York City, but it was actually in the U.K where the band first made an impact. Their debut single “Constellations” was picked up by blogs and magazines like the NME and by April 2010, they had enough of a following to send their second single “Radar Detector” into the top ten of the U.K Indie Chart.
Their self-titled debut album came out in the same month and was a huge critical success both in the U.K and at home in The States. This acclaim led to his biggest headline show to date, a sold out gig at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire, and ever since then the band and its frontman have happily continued to do what they do best for the pleasure of their devoted cult following. “Songs For Imaginative People”, their second album, followed in 2013 and it doesn't seem like anything is going to slow down this most unique of artists. For that, Darwin Deez comes highly recommended.
Avis
You know who Darwin Deez is. But he’s much more than having “You are a radar detector” stuck in your head.
For a start he’s loopy. Totally round the bend, which makes for quite possibly the funniest and most entertaining gig you could ever hope to go to. If you don’t leave smiling and in a fantastic mood, you’re beyond saving. Sorry. I had the pleasure of seeing them at Reading 2013, arriving at the stage just in time for them to burst in to his then single “You can’t be my girl” which immediately got everyone in a dancing mood, which then turned into a combination of grooving, clapping and a compulsive urge to click your fingers as he immediately moves into “DNA”.
As well as having a cracking sense of humour built on a very sharp wit, Deez has a wonderfully modest and endearing manner with the crowd which really sells him to you, if you haven’t been pulled in by his music already, because you probably already have by this point.
Now if having him and the rest of his band just bop around isn’t quite enough for you, they’re already prepared for that. As they finished “Redshift” some backing music starts playing and the band immediately lines up at the front of the stage to roll out a hilarious and well choreographed dance before taking the crowd nicely into “Constellations”.
The only downside from their performance? My face hurt. They should come with some kind of disclaimer, smiling that much at a concert really can’t be that good for you. Can it?
Blitzace87
After the guitar led indie revolution of the mid-00s began to fizzle out as the over saturated breakouts began to fade away into obscurity, many artists saw this as prime time to identify themselves as alt-indie. The likes of MGMT, Vampire Weekend and Friendly Fires breathed new life into the genre and one artist very much at the forefront of this movement was Darwin Merwan Smith and his band Darwin Deez.
As his reputation grew, so did the demand to see him live. The warped vocals and trippy tones caused a large amount of curiosity when Darwin identified himself and a lot of the fans gathered were interested to see if they could be recreated in a live environment. It is quite a surreal performance with a large amount of exterior synth and sampling although it does all pull together to sound similar to the recorded material. The audience is enthusiastic all the way through but there is clear preference for 'Up In the Clouds' and the alt-anthem 'Radar Detector'.
sean-ward
I will never again miss a chance to see Darwin Deez live. Not only is he a great live musician (vocals and guitar solos consistently on point and a lot of attention to the sound quality) but the show is peppered with these fabulous dance routines and, if you're really lucky, Darwin will toss out a few bars of rap from his Wonky Beats mixtape. Anyone not having fun at a Darwin Deez show might be dead.
chloe-chole-bennion
Sounds quite different with a 4-piece band compared to just one guy and a drum machine, but I like it a lot. He has a great stage presence. Not much patter between songs, but occasionally does a funny choreographed, super-geeky dance with the whole band. They pull it off because they all buy into it and go for it. Definitely worth going to see if you are fan of the albums.
domeheid
