The Darkness have admitted that they have drawn inspiration from old skool rock bands like AC/DC and Dire Straits for their new album.
After years in the studio, work on a third album is almost complete. Frontman Justin Hawkins has revealed in an interview that above anyone else, it was classic rock which inspired most of the material on the new record.
“Home is where the heart is,” Hawkins told Total Guitar. “When you write songs, you need a grounding to set the stories in. There's a lot about small-town life. The album has songs about stuff that's happened to us in the town. As for influences, it's AC/DC, Queen, Aerosmith, et cetera.”
“For us, right now, it's Les Pauls and Marshall Super Leads, we lined up all the amps we had – Mesas, Cornfords – but Marshall is the homecoming sound.”
Justin’s brother and guitarist Dan chipped in: “There's some really great, almost 'Dire Straits' Strat stuff from Justin on the record. That's another big influence.
“There are some interesting wah sounds, and we made a point of ditching all that click track shit, because rock music needs to breathe. It's party music. With something like 'Cannonball', every single part of the song is a riff!”
Vocalist Justin also went on to give a seriously odd analogy on the progress they’ve made with the album – decipher this one folks.
“To use one analogy, the house is built, and it's a lovely house. How we decorate it is the next conundrum. We're getting to the stage where it's like, how much do we want to blow it?
“We could do all those big Queen arrangements, it's just whether we want to. Do you overblow it? Do you underblow it? Do you cup the sack while administering said blowjob? Do you pop a finger up the arse? We have to decide how the happy ending goes.”
The Darkness will be embarking on a UK tour this November - see below for tickets and dates.
The Darkness UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Tue November 8th 2011 - O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool
Wed November 9th 2011 - HMV Picture House, Edinburgh
Thu November 10th 2011 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
Sat November 12th 2011 - O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sun November 13th 2011 - Manchester Academy, Manchester
Mon November 14th 2011 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
Wed November 16th 2011 - Brighton Dome, Brighton
Thu November 17th 2011 - Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
Fri November 18th 2011 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
Sun November 20th 2011 - Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Mon November 21st 2011 - O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield
Tue November 22nd 2011 - Rock City, Nottingham
Thu November 24th 2011 - Norwich Uea, Norwich
Fri November 25th 2011 - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Fri December 2nd 2011 - Savoy, Cork
Sat December 3rd 2011 - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Sun December 4th 2011 - Ulster Hall Belfast, Belfast
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