Two Dark Birds

Two Dark Birds is a band from Woodstock NY led by singer-songwriter Steve Koester. Their sixth release “Dreamers of the Golden Dream” is due out early 2025.

PRESS:

“Bow, the latest luminous and ambitious collection of poet-grade and quietly experimental folk music written by Steve Koester and performed by his loose assemblage of Catskill cronies.” - HV1

“…poised, structured, self-aware, ambitious.” - DVEIGHT

“Strange and beautiful… It’s a record heard best with a beer in hand beneath a star-punched sky.“ Nylon

“…a masterful soundtrack to self-reflection.“ Men’s Vogue

“…one of this year’s most subdued and moving releases.“ The Big Takeover

"...there certainly is a magic to it, a kind of backwoods witchery that the only the best of the style can really capture. Steve Koester, creative force behind Two Dark Birds and formerly of Maplewood and Punchdrunk, is one such luminary." - Culture Collide

“Bow is brimming with pastoral energy and light. There's a quiet dignity to the songs, no grand or elaborate veneering.” - Chronogram

“Steve Koester is a folk singer whose darknesses and frailty are worn on his sleeve, the kind of sorcery you get from living a life in old mountains like the Catskills. He’s got a beautiful album out called Songs for the New.” yvynyl