Places and Numbers
I guess I haven’t felt like writing about music lately. But that’s neither here nor there.
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine introduced me to the song “Waking the Dead” by Places and Numbers. I’ve been hooked from the second or third listen. Cue Google searches on the artist, etc., etc.
Come to find out the guy behind Places and Numbers, Bobby Darling (former guitarist for Gatsby’s American Dream), has his EP Waking the Dead listed on bandcamp and you can pay what you want for it. If I had known how much I was going to like it, I would have paid more.
Also, he’s bald and I tend to notice hair (or lack thereof) now that mine is gone. Cool story, bro.
Waking the Dead was written after the death of Darling’s parents and he found himself depressed by the lack of music in his life. This EP is outstanding, from the dark intro “I Had a Dream about a Nuclear Attack,” to the much more lighthearted “I Have Mapped the Curves of Your Body.” The production is incredible and Darling’s voice is both soothing and interesting, especially his falsetto in “Waking the Dead.”
So I listened to the EP a few dozen times after being acquainted with it. Cue more Google stalking. And he has another EP called Notes from the Dead Zone that I believe was released some time around November. I just bought it on Amazon MP3, because I’m lazy and had a five dollar gift card from spending too much money on text books. So, I figured, “Why not?”
And it holds up to Waking the Dead. It opens with an unexpected acoustic song called “When Time is All you Have” and then progresses into the familiar electronic sounds of Places and Numbers.
Darling is currently in the process of releasing his debut album.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WAITING FOR? LISTEN TO PLACES AND NUMBERS, YOU CAN GET THAT SHIT ON BANDCAMP FOR FREE.
AND WHO DOESN’T LOVE FREE MUSIC? ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S LEGAL.
