Dear Darkness LP fg_Label_Make Blige’s “Family Affair” leads to

Blige’s “Family Affair” leads to two songs keeping it in the family: he gives love to his musical brother and EODM co-founder

the band decided to write and record a rambling account of growth as individuals

and musical as Opeth’s lucky thirteenth

we shined the headlights upon the follies and vanity of mankind

Recorded (like its companion volume Sunday at the Village Vanguard) just days before the highway accident that took bassist Scott LaFaro’s life

Dear Darkness LP fg_Label_Make Blige’s “Family Affair” leads toLooking at Dan Andriano's catalog, one might assume that making new music is old hat for the veteran vocalist, songwriter, bassist and primary member of the beloved Chicago punk outfit Alkaline Trio. Decades into his prolific career, though, Andriano is just as in love with the process as he was in those early days of sweaty clubs and cramped vans. On Andriano's new Epitaph Records album, Dear Darkness, that unceasing passion is evident on this solo,