Veteran melodic hardcore act Darko had some big shoes to fill when vocalist Dan Smith departed in 2020 (heading back home to Australia). The band persevered and brought on Almeida‘s Tom West, and now they’ve released their first new new music since 2017’s Bonsai Mammoth.
The new song, “The Ladder”, comes from the band’s just-announced SPARKLE EP, which is due out this coming summer via regularly collaborating labels Lockjaw Records and Thousand Islands Records. The track also features guest vocals by Follow Your Dreams‘ Katz Hensley.
The new track also receives the video treatment below but, for those who are keen to hear the entire EP before its official release, the band also has made available 34-minute making of doc titled SPARKLE IN MOTION, which is available to rent via Vimeo.
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