Music Even Darker Still…

March 26, 2009 - 9:41 am

I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness has been on a brake. Not your typical ‘Hey , I thought it was o.k. to stick it in any waitress I encountered because we were on a break’, type of break, but just a well deserved year long hiatus to unwind from touring with their debut album Fear Is On Our Side and have a couple of kiddos.

ILYBICD, as we shalt hereto refer to them as, hail from Austin, Tx and are a darker moodyesque post-punk/indie rock group of thirty something’s. This is the main reason why they aren’t your typical Red Bull Moon Tower experience entertainment, but were however a welcome bass driven melodic dawning to the more umm-cha umm-cha keep you up till 5am music which is more customary.

They take the stage in very friendly, going to the Home Depot, flannel attire and seem to just really enjoy hanging out and playing music.  I found it a welcome surprise.

The Red Bull Moon Tower experience does a wonderful job of bringing in huge acts from all over to entertain, but they also do a great job of putting some great local talent in the lineup.  This just so happens to be the category ILYBICD falls into.

Words by Dustin Downing. Photos by Mary Sledd

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