DON DARLINGS, THE
DON DARLINGS, THE

Like a dying heart at the bottom of a muddy black hole, The Don Darlings pump forth grinding sorrow with a confident genuineness that would probably impress both Nick Cave and Tom Waits alike. This is a very successful hybrid of the blackest soul of country with the hardest genres of Central Europe from the 80’s, with one foot in Dallas and the other in Berlin. While the debut record directly reflected what the band delivered on stage, this second album manifests something more subtle and pensive.