It's funny how life works out, it's all just a matter of timing;
strangers that pass in an alley on their way in opposite directions,
for example, may end up the best of friends, lovers or not even
notice each other if they happen to be looking the wrong way or,
in the case of a band like The Darcys, four guys with similar
musical interests may live within blocks of each other for most of
their lives, but not have the opportunity to play together until they
leave home and go to the same place by happenstance.
“We all went to a small part of Dalhousie in Halifax called
King’s College and met through a super obscure philosophy
program that we all took,” explains guitarist Kirby Best of The
Darcys’ remarkable twist of fate. “Jason [Couse] and Wes
[Marskell] – who are our drummer and lead guitar player
respectively – were childhood friends and had been playing
together since they both started to learn and they'd tried a few
things but it hadn't really gone anywhere. They met Dave [Hurlow]
though, who plays bass, and he overheard me talking in the
library about this band – I was kind of a sideman - that wasn't
really going the way I thought it should.
“He heard in that conversation too that I had been writing
songs and he told Wes and Jason. There was this big Halloween
party at the bar that we all happened to be at later on and they
took the opportunity to introduce themselves. We hit it off and
the next day we had band practice.
“It's just funny to us that we're all from Toronto and
Etobicoke; we just happened to meet out in Halifax.”
That was two years ago and, since then, the band's fortunes
have only improved as they've continually converted more fans
with each successive show and recently had the opportunity to
record their debut full–length, Endless Water. The album,
recorded after hours at Kitchener-Waterloo's own Children’s
