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  • 08/01/10 - Mike Ethan Messick - Texas Music Magazine

    Somebody’s Darling proves themselves a band worth reckoning with.

  • 05/23/10 - Twang Nation

    If anyone asked me for a recommendation of a current musician or a band that best personifies what I like best about Texas music I would hand them a copy of Dallas' Somebody's Darling self-titled release. read more.

  • 09/16/09 - Michael Smith - Breakfast On Tour

    [Somebody's Darling is] the embodiment of rock and roll, raised on gospel music and grain whiskey. 100% Authentic. read more.

  • 09/12/09 - Darryl Smyers - Dallas Observer

    Somebody's Darling's self-titled debut will feature many of the (great) songs that appeared on last year's teaser EP, plus some delicious new concoctions. ...not only can Farris shout it out like an alt-country Aretha Franklin, but guitarist David Ponder isn't exactly a slouch in the songwriting department, either. Together, the two, along with a tight rhythm section, merge old-school honky-tonk with pop and soul. It's a mixture that always seems to translate well whenever Somebody's Darling hits the stage. read more.

  • 01/29/09 - Darryl Smyers - Dallas Observer

    ...like if Janis Joplin hopped on the microphone during an Old 97's and Slobberbone show... Somebody's Darling has been together for only a little over a year, and yet, in that time, the quartet has built up a sizeable fan base, released a well-received EP and won a contest (Shiner Records' Rising Star Competition) that sent the band to Nashville to record its full-length debut. read more.

  • 09/25/08 - Darryl Smyers - Dallas Observer

    Mixing the chugging rhythm section of Old 97's with a bluesy, almost Patsy Cline vibe, the music of Somebody's Darling is slick when it wants to be and hard-charging when it counts. While some bands might shy away from a conventional power ballad like "Easy," Farris and crew invest the song with just the right amount of hayseed swagger, creating a tension that's both dynamic and attentive. And when muscle is called for (thanks to guitarist David Ponder), songs like "Farewell" and "Hearts Too Young" deliver in spades. Throughout all five cuts on this impressive EP, Somebody's Darling performs with a confidence and playfulness that speaks well for any full-length effort that should be in the band's future. Music this tuneful and self-assured warrants a speedy encore." read more.

  • 09/11/08 - Hunter Hauk - DFW Quick Print Edition

    Dallas band Somebody’s Darling got something a lot better than free beer when it won Shiner Records’ Rising Star competition last October. Weeks after beating out 23 other bands in the contest, the country-rock foursome found itself in a Nashville recording studio, making an album on Shiner’s dime with producer Dan Baird (of Georgia Satellites). Guitarist David Ponder says those sessions resulted in a self-titled album that captures the band’s live sound much better than last year’s debut EP. “On every song on the record — drums, bass, acoustic guitar, one electric track and most of the vocals are all live,” Ponder told us in an e-mail interview. “We can definitely hear the difference."

  • 09/11/08 - Hunter Hauk - DFW Quick

    Here's another Dallas band that's well versed in Americana. Singer-guitarist Amber Farris shines on the group's new self-titled EP. Hear for yourself at myspace.com/somebodysdarlin, and hit the Cavern on Sunday for the band's EP-release show.

  • 08/29/08 - Pete Freedman - Dallas Observer

    Somebody's Darling plays pop-rock with a down-home country leaning(...) lead singer Amber Farris can wail with the best of them, which is why her fans practically beg for some Janis Joplin covers at each performance. read more.

  • 7/27/08 - Nicholas Altobelli - Sample Press

    This release is a very impressive debut for this barely one-year-old band. Amber’s towering vocal spreads through the opening track and doesn’t quit until the last note on “Here We Go.”(…)Amber Farris just might turn out to be the female version of Rhett Miller and the band might be the next Old 97’s. Somebody’s Darling is breath of fresh air in this day and age of wannabe alt-country bands that seem to form every four hours in Texas.

  • 10/25/07 - Jonanna Wilder - Dallas Observer

    Here’s another Dallas band that’s well versed in Americana. Singer-guitarist Amber Farris shines on the group’s new self-titled EP. Hear for yourself at myspace.com/somebodysdarlin, and hit the Cavern on Sunday for the band’s EP-release show.

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