
Darling Violetta

Darling Violetta is an American dark wave band based in Hollywood, California, United States. Their name is taken from the salutation used by Bela Lugosi in letters to his mistress, Violetta Napierska. The band released their first EP "Bath-Water-Flowers" in 1997, though this work is commonly considered an album by most sources. Two songs were performed by the band in the episode "Faith, Hope & Trick" of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (season 3, episode 3), "Blue Sun" from "Bath-Water-Flowers" and "Cure" from "The Kill You EP." The following year, the band, with producer Holly Knight, composed and recorded the theme for "Angel", the spinoff series from "Buffy".
Biography.
In 1999, Darling Violetta released "The Kill You EP" and a music video for its song "Spoiled and Rotten." In 2003, they released the album "Parlour".
In 2005, the band composed an extended version of the "Angel" theme called "The Sanctuary Extended Remix", featured on the soundtrack of the series "".
The style of the band is recognizable for the voice of singer Cami Elen (compared by some critics to that of PJ Harvey), the use of cello, particularly in their early compositions, and lyrics charged with sexual innuendo, dark metaphor and goth references.
Darling Violetta's song "I Want to Kill You", produced by Holly Knight, from "The Kill You EP" was licensed by Activision for their game, '. They also contributed another song to the Masquerade Universe which was in ' entitled "A Smaller God" from the album "Parlour".
In late 2009, Thomas and Elen reported recording songs for their fourth as yet untitled release.
As of January 2018, Elen reports that Darling Violetta is on an 'extended hiatus'.
Band members.
Former members:
Featured players: