Although playing guitar and singing with the Avett Brothers is Seth Avett's day job, he also moonlights as a solo artist. Mixing an intimate singer/songwriter style with eclectic, often quirky instrumentation, Avett first adopted the Darling moniker in 2001. To Make the World Quiet was recorded late that winter, while Killing the Headlamps followed in 2002. As the Avett Brothers' popularity increased throughout the decade, Avett's solo work was relegated to the back burner, although he did issue The Mourning, the Silver, the Bell in 2005. Supported by a famously relentless touring schedule, his band went on to release a string of Top Five albums in the 2010s, with Avett releasing a duet album of Elliott Smith covers with indie folk-rocker Jessica Lea Mayfield in 2015. In the spring of 2017, he returned to the Darling moniker for its first album in 12 years, titled simply IV. ~ Andrew Leahey & Marcy Donelson, Rovi