Otterson
"Demonic dreams floating on celestial melodies, the marriage of heaven and hell." -NPR
"Darby has an excellent grasp on how to create a mood that envelopes the listener, even as the mood becomes increasingly disturbing." -Rolling Stone
Dear friends,
Itās been twelve years since my last record, IV (Intravenous), was released. Itās been a long road, full of death, injury and rebirth. I doubted if I would ever make another album again, but here I am. I started recording what would become, Otterson during Covid, while locked away like everyone else on the planet. There were so many songs I thought it would be a double album, but I thought better of that and decided one was enough for now (another is coming very soon, I promise). What is happening in our country is so horrific that I donāt even know if music can help heal anything, but my sincere hope is that it can. Itās the reason I write and put out music. I write to heal my wounds, and in doing so hope I heal others. I guess you could say Iām kind of a āsoul doctor.ā I named the album āOttersonā after my friend John Otterson, a visual artist who lived in my building in Santa Monica many years ago. John and I are both artists, except my words are my paint brushes, and my emotions are my colors. I think of the twelve original songs on this album, (plus one cover song of "Rosie" by the Kinks), as portraits frozen in timeā¦and hope they bring to mind all of the richness and imagery of a still life - a moment captured for eternity, like a painting. Each time I write a song, I come out on the other side of it - changed. I might not even know what the song was about when I wrote it, or what part of me was in pain that needed my attention. I usually realize that weeks later, sometimes even years later. But there is no hope of healing myself unless I go inside and feel whatās wrong. That is what I do in all my writing - Go in to come out. If I donāt go in, the emotions build up inside of me and I get a bit crazy. Iāve always been like that. So, here is Otterson. My album for a hurting world. I help it hopes.
-Diana
[[Selling Points]]- Previously featured on NPR programs Weekend Edition Sunday, Here and Now, and The State Of Things.
- LP limited edition of 250, with cover painting by John Otterson, and printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
- Tours planned for spring 2026 (US) and summer / fall 2026 (Europe).
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"Demonic dreams floating on celestial melodies, the marriage of heaven and hell." -NPR
"Darby has an excellent grasp on how to create a mood that envelopes the listener, even as the mood becomes increasingly disturbing." -Rolling Stone
Dear friends,
Itās been twelve years since my last record, IV (Intravenous), was released. Itās been a long road, full of death, injury and rebirth. I doubted if I would ever make another album again, but here I am. I started recording what would become, Otterson during Covid, while locked away like everyone else on the planet. There were so many songs I thought it would be a double album, but I thought better of that and decided one was enough for now (another is coming very soon, I promise). What is happening in our country is so horrific that I donāt even know if music can help heal anything, but my sincere hope is that it can. Itās the reason I write and put out music. I write to heal my wounds, and in doing so hope I heal others. I guess you could say Iām kind of a āsoul doctor.ā I named the album āOttersonā after my friend John Otterson, a visual artist who lived in my building in Santa Monica many years ago. John and I are both artists, except my words are my paint brushes, and my emotions are my colors. I think of the twelve original songs on this album, (plus one cover song of "Rosie" by the Kinks), as portraits frozen in timeā¦and hope they bring to mind all of the richness and imagery of a still life - a moment captured for eternity, like a painting. Each time I write a song, I come out on the other side of it - changed. I might not even know what the song was about when I wrote it, or what part of me was in pain that needed my attention. I usually realize that weeks later, sometimes even years later. But there is no hope of healing myself unless I go inside and feel whatās wrong. That is what I do in all my writing - Go in to come out. If I donāt go in, the emotions build up inside of me and I get a bit crazy. Iāve always been like that. So, here is Otterson. My album for a hurting world. I help it hopes.
-Diana
[[Selling Points]]- Previously featured on NPR programs Weekend Edition Sunday, Here and Now, and The State Of Things.
- LP limited edition of 250, with cover painting by John Otterson, and printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
- Tours planned for spring 2026 (US) and summer / fall 2026 (Europe).
