Israel Darling prep debut album + live dates
Greensboro, NC band Israel Darling will be releasing their debut album Dinosaur Bones & Mechanical Hands on August 4th with an East Coast tour to follow in support of the record (all dates below).
The band is fronted by 21 year old singer-songwriter Jacob Darden, whose powerful indie rock compositions evoke a wide mixture of bands such as The Avett Brothers, Modest Mouse, & Ryan Adams.
“Samson The Mason” | download
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Darden was born in the small, Appalachian town of Drexel & spent the first 20 years of his life in the former milltown that has become the main influence of the songs he wrote for Dinosaur Bones & Mechanical Hands.
Darden’s beliefs are strongly expressed in his songwriting. Despite Biblical references in his songs, Darden approaches religion with irony and bitterness. In the song above “Samson the Mason” Darden muses, “led myself to believe, that God’s nothing more than a three letter word, something that can’t be touch nor heard.”
Beyond the apparent atheist tones, Darden also examines the intricacies of human existence. “I write a lot about angles of everyday life, whether it be personal issues or the shit that scares you at night when you’re trying to sleep,” Darden says.
August:
- 06 The Camel Richmond, VA
07 Twisted Branch Charlottesville, VA
08 Cyclops Baltimore, MD
11 Pianos New York, NY
12 Spike Hill Brooklyn, NY
13 All Asia Cambridge, MA
14 Bar46 Hackettstown, NJ
15 The Fire Philadelphia, PA
