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DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING
By HILARY HUGHES
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Boston's got indie bands and punk bands and synth bands and metal bands and rock bands and jazz bands, but does it have ... spy bands? Well, it's got at least one: big noise duo Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling. The name is lifted from an episode of '60s spy-themed television series The Prisoner, and the themes, plots and developmental character choices of the show have been fleshed out in the songwriting of drummer and vocalist Sophia Cacciola. "When I saw The Prisoner for the first time, Patrick McGoohan's portrayal of Number Six jumped out at me as the man that I had been thinking and writing about," she says. "He's this really sarcastic, angry, moralistic, handsome man—and the show itself explores all of these great themes, like societal distrust of individuality, totalitarianism, what it means to escape and who is in charge of your fate."
With a clear concept and a mod wardrobe, Cacciola and bassist Michael Epstein (who can also be seen fronting The Motion Sick, along with his trademark mustache) have set out to write one song for each of the series' 17 episodes. Do Not Forsake Me's debut EP, The New Number 2, includes five "episodes," as well as a Leonard Cohen cover. "We're including 'First We Take Manhattan' because it fits the mood and tone of the project," says Cacciola.
Catch a glimpse of the darkness at Church for their CD release party: "First, we take Manhattan ... then we take the Fens!!"
[Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling with Voodoo Screw Machine, Gene Dante and The Future Starlets and Vostok 4. Sat 4.3.10. Church, 69 Kilmarnock St., Boston. 617.236.7600. 7pm/21+/$10. churchofboston.com]
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