Dark Dark Dark

Dark Dark Dark is an American folk group from Minneapolis that forms in 2006 and remains active. The project centres on Nona Marie Invie and begins as a collaboration between Invie and multi-instrumentalist and singer Marshall LaCount.

Style and sound

The group blends minimalism with New Orleans jazz, Americana, Eastern European folk and pop. Its tags also place it near folk, indie, New Weird America, indie gypsy folk and gypsy, and its listed genre is filk.

Releases

Dark Dark Dark releases its debut album, The Snow Magic, in 2008 on Supply and Demand Music. Its second album, Wild Go, is also issued on Supply and Demand Music and is followed by Who Needs Who in 2012.

Notable songs and uses

From Wild Go, the single “Daydreaming” appears in episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Switched at Birth, Good Girls, Degrassi: The Next Generation and American Idol. The track “Wild Goose Chase” appears in the UK version of Skins, and “In Your Dreams” is used as the theme for the BBC drama Thirteen.

Touring

The group tours extensively in the United States and Eastern Asia.