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“Des Ark is a whole different animal. Aimée Argote’s work is backwoods hippy stuff that is profane and vulgar as any lady has ever been. Her compositions are organic songs that are driven by her soulful voice holding strongly to its southern accent and are driven by acoustic guitars and pianos. If it was not for the grotesquely vulgar and overtly bi-sexual nature of her songs, they would be among the most gorgeous ever composed.”

“So, you are at a party, and you see a girl in the corner reading a book and smoking a cig. You approach her because she is kind of cute, but then realize she has pit stains and is wearing a Cat Power shirt. ABORT! ABORT!  Now, same scenario, but this time she is wearing a Des Ark shirt. FUCKING AWESOME! That’s how much this band (primarily Aimée) rules.”

“And in an other bit of Des Ark news, we just unearthed this video of Argote playing solo from the Midtown Dickens release party in April. Remember when she was going to bring everyone outside and play under a tree? That show. Enjoy.”

“Hello everything I love about feisty female singer/songwriters that are backed by other talented musicians. I’m a bit late on this, but still completely in love. Gimme sass. Sexy bee-otch!!!”

“@Pink needs to listen to the band @desark … I think that’s the stunning pop rock she’s still trying to make in vain”

“You’ll find it takes a lot of patience to be a Des Ark fan.” 

“@weekendsofsound She makes great music, but we’ve come to the unfortunate and damning conclusion that Des Ark sounds like Feist meets Tool.”