Pitchfork

What's in a name? Seven flipping words, if you're Austin's I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness. That's a word for every song the band has released thus far in their young but promising career. Until now! Watch the word-to-song ratio shift dramatically in favor of the latter come March 7, when Secretly Canadian drops the Darkness, er, the Chosen Darkness debut Fear Is on Our Side.

Fear Is on Our Side features twelve moody tracks and was produced by Paul Barker, who also twiddled knobs for Ministry and Lard, for those keeping score. Ooh, dark. Fear follows up ILYBICD's Britt Daniel-recorded self-titled debut EP and a 12" single on Artikal Records.

So sorry Padme, that's just the way it goes. Your consolation:

01 The Ghost
02 According to Plan
03 Lights
04 The Owl
05 Today
06 We Choose Faces
07 Last Ride Together
08 At Last Is All
09 Long Walk
10 -
11 Fear Is on Our Side
12 If It Was Me

Here's hoping "-" proves the showstopper, thereby befuddling hipper-than-thou college radio DJs who just figured out how to verbalize M83's "*". And yes, the band has a tour in the works, but as of right now, only two dates have been confirmed for actual venues.

Succumb to the Dark Side:

02-02 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa *
03-22 Dallas, TX - TBA
03-23 Lawrence, KS - TBA
03-24 Minneapolis, MN - TBA
03-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-28 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
03-29 Cambridge, MA - TBA
03-30 New York, NY - TBA
03-31 Brooklyn, NY - TBA
04-01 Richmond, VA - TBA
04-02 Chapel Hill, NC - TBA

* with Spoon

* I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness: