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When the current wave of pop nostalgia wears off and more and more forward-thinking, liberal, young creatives wake up to a very different, and altogether darker, political, social, and environmental reality, people will be searching for a sound to define their times. Darko are there.
The subject matter of the UK skate-punks’ records, echo the intensity of their music, suitably shines a light on the big issues we all currently face, and encapsulates all of the modern age frustrations.
With musical salutes to thrashers like Protest The Hero, skate punk legends Strung Out and the melodic hardcore of Comeback Kid, Darko deliver wholeheartedly.
They refined their sound, toured worldwide and grown a frenzied fan base, and whilst the positive moments might have been punctured by recent world events, disrupted by dark politics and tinged with a forbidding sense of general unease, they serve as an audible barometer for exactly what’s going on right now in our troubled world.
During the 2020 pandemic, vocalist Dan Smith decided it was time to move on. This would be an end of an era for the band, but the others were keen to keep going. Enter old friend and vocalist of Almeida, Tom West, who has grabbed the vocal duties by the horns with his own unique style. The band currently work on producing a new EP introducing Tom as a member and co-songwriter and pushing the boundaries of their previous material.