Ears Wide Open: Dalmacio Von Diamond’s dark pop

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dalmaciovondiamond-paulnemirahcollins[Ears Wide Open = one in a series of quick heads-ups about compelling music from the L.A. scene:]

The name might be a mouthful — Dalmacio Von Diamond & the Enochian Keys — but the newest batch of music from 27-year-old Dalmacio Posadas rolls off his tongue. Von Diamond, who’s played in such local bands as Holy Curtain and Swft Wngs, recently released his debut, “The Other Side of Darkness,” on new imprint Albino Crow.

Far from the noisy stuff usually associated with his familiar Smell scene, Von Diamond’s album, recorded with the help of drummer Luis Perez, is literate, dark and … well, makes me introspect the way Nick Cave’s music does. Von Diamond calls the work “simple pop songs in the vein of Scott Walker or the Divine Comedy.” But they feel anything but simple.

||| Exclusive download: “I Don’t Want to Be Young Anymore.”

||| Live: Von Diamond plays a Day of the Dead event at Casa del Mexicano (2900 Calle Pedro Infante, L.A.) on Nov. 2 and at the Scene bar in Glendale on Nov. 3.

Photo by Paul Nemirah Collins