Good news for fans of long hair, guitar solos, classic rock and catsuits - The Darkness are back with a new album and new single. Check out 'Barbarian' from Last Of Our Kind below.
The 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' cock-rockers, who in their time headlined Reading & Leeds Festival and won three BRIT Awards (yes, really), return with their fourth album and new drummer Emily Dolan Davies, after previous sticksman Ed Graham departed in "mysterious circumstances".
Lead single 'Barbarian' has described as frontman Justin Hawkins as "not one but two dramatic monologues, a guitar solo that has been declared 'irresponsible', a riff that weakens lady-knees and a chorus that makes grown men shit directly into their pants."
He added: The lyrics describe the Viking invasion of East Anglia which culminated in the decapitation of Edmund the Martyr. So yeah, classic Darkness.”
It is certainly that.
Watch the video for 'Barbarian' below
The Darkness release Last Of Our Kind of 1 June, 2015. The full tracklist is:
Barbarian
Open Fire
Last of Our Kind
Roaring Waters
Wheels of the Machine
Mighty Wings
Mudslide
Sarah O’Sarah
Hammer & Tongs
Conquerors
Meanwhile, they're set to embark on an intimate tour of Ireland, full dates are below. For tickets and more information, visit here.
6 March DUNDALK, The Spirit Store
7 March DERRY, The Nerve Centre
8 March DUBLIN, Whelan’s
10 March DUBLIN, DCU
11 March MAYNOOTH, NUIM
13 March GALWAY, Monroe’s
14 March LIMERICK, Dolan’s Warehouse
15 March TULLAMORE, The Bridge House
17 March CORK, Cyprus Avenue
18 March CLONMEL, O’Keefe’s
19 March NEWBRIDGE, Judge Roy Bean's
