With a back catalogue overflowing with sonic gold and a live reputation that most bands can only dream of attaining, The Darkness have established themselves as one of the most loved and important British rock bands of our time. With exclusive bundles and signed editions to boot, itвЂ™s the complete aural experience from The DarknessВ and a glorious addition to one of the most exciting canons in British rock music! ThereвЂ™s a heavyweight black vinyl album alongside limited edition colour LPs, an old-school cassette version. Released in a wide variety of formats, including standard and deluxe versions, both digitally and on CD. Motorheart is a record of immeasurable rock and roll extravagance, and yet another masterpiece from EnglandвЂ™s favourite rock icons. Dan did an awesome job on the production, itвЂ™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. Regarding the single, Justin says, вЂњMotorheart rocks harder than anything weвЂ™ve done before. Paying homage to a devoted sex robot, MotorheartВ growls, pounds and stomps with Rufus TaylorвЂ™s drums, Frankie PoullainвЂ™s bass and Justin & Dan HawkinsвЂ™ guitars all turned up to 11, whilst JustinвЂ™s trademark vocals soar to ever more earthquaking levels. вЂ‹Highs: Justin Hawkins' vocal performance, 'Solid Gold', 'Why Don't The Beautiful Cry' and 'Southern Trains'.The Darkness have unleashed the first taste and title track of their forthcoming opus Motorheart out November 19thВ via Cooking Vinyl. If I want to listen to The Darkness, I will stick with Permission To Land and One Way Ticket To Hell & Back. There's definitely great moments on this album, but I don't think this is an album I will listen to in full. At the same time, tracks like 'Lay Down With Me, Barbara' and 'Japanese Prisoner Of Love' don't contain enough support to keep them standing.

It would've been better if it was a bonus track. When it comes to the album's low points, the track 'Happiness' won't exactly work with people who prefer more straight-ahead rock because it seems more like a pop song. As for the songs that stand out, those include 'Solid Gold' with its straightforward AC/DC style groove and catchy sing-along chorus, 'Why Don't The Beautiful Cry?' due to its 70s classic rock vibe that immediately brings QueenВ to your mind, and despite the juvenile lyrics, 'Southern Trains' stands out musically with the energetic riffs. He still has the ability to hit those high notes. I had a pretty good laugh at that part.ДЇocusing on the highlights of the album, Justin Hawkins' vocals have not diminished one bit since Permission To Land. However, my favourite comedic moment is during the last track 'Stampede Of Love' where after what was a pretty ballad-esque track, it spontaneously turns into a 15-second thrash assault at the end followed by a member screaming ' YOU F**KING C**T!'. A few primary examples would be 'Solid Gold', with the catchy line: ' We're never gonna stop shitting out solid gold.' and 'Southern Trains' as a whole, although the lyrics in the latter sound pretty juvenile. It may be ridiculous humour, but it's not at the Steel Panther level, which is the extremely cringe-worthy level. The two albums they released since their reformation: Hot Cakes and Last Of Our Kind were good, but neither of them grabbed me in the way the first two albums did, so I was hoping that the band's new album Pinewood Smile would do the opposite.ДЄnyone that knows The Darkness gets that they have quite the sense of humour and they have no shame in spilling it on to their albums. I haven't listened to those records for quite a while up until recently, and I found myself taking a trip down memory lane to my junior high school years. When I was in junior high school, I listened to Permission To Land and One Way Ticket To Hell & BackВ quite a bit when they came out. While some may look at The Darkness as a one-hit wonder because of the success of 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love', they always dismiss the fact that they've churned out some solid hard rock.

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