The Darkness, creators of what is probably my favourite album ever, Permission To Land, have finally returned after a four year hiatus. Last night they played Shepherd's Bush Empire, their third in a series of small warm-up gigs before they play Download this summer, and I was there.
Would the four years out, the drugs, the booze, the success have taken their toll? Had they been out too long? Or had they not been out long enough? Most bands reform after at least a decade, which gives fans plenty of time to move on before rekindling their love. The answer to all these questions, of course, is no. They just did their Darkness thing, no rust, no hitches, no ego, just brilliance.
Justin's got a new moustache. It curls at the end and looks very swarthy. Frankie Poullaine is also back after quitting in 2005. And they brought some new songs.
Yes, there is a new album coming out. Not sure when, but the two tracks they did play are pretty decent. Lessons from the second album appear to have been heeded; gone is the outrageous high-camp of One Way Ticket (as if they weren't alread camp enough), replaced instead by a return to their roots of guitar dominated riff-rock.
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