Their last album, 2019’s Easter Is Cancelled, became the band’s fourth Top 10 album in the UK, whilst also topping the Official Charts Top 40 Rock Chart and the iTunes Rock Chart, alongside receiving swaths of critical praise. With a back catalogue overflowing with sonic gold and a live reputation that most bands can only dream of attaining, THE DARKNESS has established themselves as one of the most loved and important British rock bands of our time. "It’s A Love Thang (You Wouldn’t Understand)"*."You Don’t Have To Be Crazy About Me… But It Helps"*.Does it rock? Is the sun hot? Has your partner’s touch grown cold? THE DARKNESS are the Orwellian boot stamping on the flaccid face of limp rock, forever! Drop the needle anywhere on Motorheart and be instantly transported from this moaning and weeping vale of tears to Elysian fields of rock where all hands are raised, the drinks – just as in the Club Tropicana of yore – are free, and everyone wears a pleasingly salacious grin. Paying homage to a devoted sex robot named Motorheart, the album growls, pounds and stomps with Rufus Taylor’s drums, Frankie Poullain’s bass and Justin & Dan Hawkins’ guitars all turned up to 11, whilst Justin’s trademark vocals soar to ever more earthquaking levels. Dan did an awesome job on the production, it’ll take your face off, but your skull will be grinning from meatus to meatus. It makes me happy and proud to crank it up and literally shake my Swiss chalet to its foundations. Of the song Justin says, “ Motorheart rocks harder than anything we’ve done before. Album pre-orders are available at the band’s official store.īrimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs, solos and soaring falsetto, BELOW is the lyric video for the first single, the title track of THE DARKNESS’ newest opus. Motorheart is a record of immeasurable rock and roll extravagance and yet another masterpiece from England’s favorite rock icons. Multi-platinum UK glam rock giants THE DARKNESS – frontman/guitarist Justin Hawkins, guitarist/producer Dan Hawkins, bassist Frankie Poullain, drummer Rufus Taylor – will release their new album Motorheart on November 19th via Cooking Vinyl. THE DARKNESS Return With New Album Motorheart Welcome to the LOUDEST DOT COM ON THE PLANET! KNAC.COM - News - THE DARKNESS Return With New Album 'Motorheart'