Originally signed to
Tarantulas Records, Darker My Love released its first EP in 2004. Their first LP, recorded in 2005, was released on August 22, 2006, on
Dangerbird Records. In spring 2006, Presley and Barbato became members of the prolific British
post-punk group
the Fall, and both are prominent on the Fall's 2007 album
Reformation Post TLC. On August 28, 2007, the band released a 12-inch 45 rpm split record with Denver-based rock group Moccasin, contributing the song "Hair Decisions". The record was the first release on the Los Angeles label I Hate Rock N Roll. The second Darker My Love album,
2, was released on
Dangerbird Records on August 5, 2008. Several songs from the album gained prominence through licensing in television, commercials and video games; "Blue Day" is used on
Guitar Hero 5 and
NHL 2K10, "Waves" is used in
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, and "Two Ways Out" is used in
MLB 09: The Show and
Tony Hawk: Ride. In 2009, Granelli left the band and was replaced by a rotating cast of drummers until the band eventually settled on longtime
Brian Jonestown Massacre drummer Dan Allaire. That year, they released another split record on I Hate Rock N Roll, this time a 7" with Audacity. The band's third LP, recorded in Northern California in January 2010 and entitled
Alive As You Are, was released on July 26, 2010, in the UK and August 17, 2010, in North America. Darker My Love toured with acts including
the Distillers,
Heavens,
the Warlocks,
Asobi Seksu,
the Dandy Warhols,
the Strange Boys,
A Place To Bury Strangers,
White Lies,
Band of Horses and
Delta Spirit. Presley has released numerous LPs under the name White Fence, beginning with a release titled
White Fence in February 2010. It was followed in 2011 by
Is Growing Faith,
Family Perfume Vol. 1 and
Family Perfume Vol. 2 in 2012,
Cyclops Reap in 2013, and
For the Recently Found Innocent in 2014. He also released a 2012 collaboration with
Ty Segall entitled
Hair, a self-titled LP under the name W-X in 2015, and a 2016 Tim Presley LP entitled
The WiNK. Presley co-founded DRINKS with
Cate Le Bon, releasing
Hermits on Holiday in 2015. ==Members==