Informed by profound personal tragedy, Alive As You Are is the Los Angeles-based band's most musically focused and emotionally direct collection to date. Songs like 'June Bloom' and 'Dear Author' see DML traveling away from their trademark psychedelic power drones to a more evocative approach reliant on bold, straightforward songcraft and earthy, intricate arrangements. The band's third Dangerbird Records album, Alive As You Are marks an extraordinary reinvention for Darker My Love -- a rambling, powerfully realized work of great nuance and even greater heart.