Deidre & the Dark is an exploration of human nature through the lens of a modern femme fatale - alive in the present, but heavily drenched in the past - from the naiveté and first moments of falling in love to the complications of desire, the darkness of deceit, and the cold blood of murder. Creating musical portraits with strong cinematic influence of Hitchcock, Kubrick, Fellini, she takes equall...y from the French New Wave and ‘80s New Wave. There are bubbly James Bond/go-go moments, but always with a veil of darkness; there is the decay of fading romance, but with a hint of hope. All told through a queen of dualities - encompassing darkness and light, masculine and feminine, levity and seriousness, naiveté and manipulation, love and destruction.


The first track to be released since 2011’s Curious Parcel EP, ‘Skeleton’ is a timely example of this polarity - a noir pop song co-produced by French Horn Rebellion’s David Perlick-Molinari - revealing a shiny morbidity, with a driving rhythmic constant making a home within a ghostly atmosphere of vocals, organs and guitars. ‘Skeleton’ is a sound of autumn, reveling in the beauty of erosion, but with the knowledge that nature’s corpse is around the corner.


You may know Deidre Muro as the vocalist of Savoir Adore, or from the recordings of French Horn Rebellion - Deidre & the Dark is where she taps completely into the sounds that score her dreams. Growing up in a family of organists, Deidre strayed from the unanimous choice of pipe organ and opted for the combo organ - a decision informed by her love of ‘60s pop and psychedelic rock. Fused with the influence of her father’s electronic music career and a lifelong interest in music history, Deidre & the Dark is a project grounded in the juxtaposition of old and new.