Darker Dogs have emerged from the combined song-writing talents of four-time Peel sessionist Caroline Martin, and Roger Tarry (Dandyland Records) bringing together their love of folk, country and horror films. Having admired each other's songs from afar, they started performing together in late-2008, melding together Caroline's percussionist Nic Davies, and Roger's bassist and trumpeter Ben Goode, and pianist Toby Field.

Bristol quickly took notice and slots followed at the Harbourside Festival and at the Acoustic Festival in the illustrious St George's Hall.

Their first EP, Darker Dogs, was recorded at Darkhouse Studios in Bristol, with the lead-track 'Songs of the Dead' received airplay on Tom Robinson's BBC introducing programme on BBC 6Music and on radio stations across the UK and in Australia.

Review: "Gently-but-firmly picked, propulsive finger style guitar, and that all-enveloping mist of a voice; Roger Tarry is in full flight. Much lazily lying around your side and dispatching soft morning kisses results. Caroline Martin moves in to sit perfectly poised on a vacant stool. Half-whispered harmonies pour intermittently forth. Almost impossibly, the wistfulness level actually increases. When she stands, grabs a second guitar and sings more fully, the twinning of their voices is unutterably lovely." (Venue Magazine)