Dark Times - Give [Tapetown Sessions - SPOT2019 special]

Dark Times performing 'Give' at Tapetown Studio on Lydhavnen during SPOT festival 2019.

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Camera: Laurine Brugman, Marcus Jacobsen, Mathias Gaarde
Edit: Tapetown
Recording & Mix: Rasmus Bredvig at Tapetown
Mastering: Emil Thomsen at ET Mastering

In collaboration with / Supported by:
ET Mastering, Spot Festival, Lydhavnen, Silent Events DK, Penguin Productions, Koda, djbfa, dpa, Musikpuljen Aarhus,Music Legacy 2017, Promus, Music City Aarhus, Rosa & Drowned in Sound

The band originates from Oslo in Norway and played a raging 10 song noise punk set during their 30 min live session / concert at the recording studio. Interestingly, and wonderful, the crowd that had managed to squeeze in before the room was full consisted of both quite older and much younger generations - equally enjoying the session.


Currently signed to Sheep Chase Records, here's some background on the band:

Punk trio Dark Times achieved an immediate high standing in the Oslo underground in 2010 when they started performing their precise blend of aggressive punk, noise rock and fuzz-loaded pop. The band was hailed by NME and Brooklyn Vegan for their live performances, and became the first Norwegian band ever to be profiled in the American punk-rock bible Maximum Rocknroll. In 2014 they released their first full-length, Give (Sheep Chase Records), which was nominated for Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy). Dark Times was selected for the official program at the SXSW festival in 2017 and are releasing their second album in April 2018.

Check out their latest music video for single «Blazing», directed by Jenny Berger Myhre:    • Dark Times - 'Blazing' (Official Video)  

«The Norwegian trio Dark Times play a form of punk rock that’s tough to categorize. It’s catchy and anthemic, with big and clean melodies, but it isn’t really pop-punk. It’s got deep, murky production, but it’s not experimental or even lo-fi. It’s got a pummeling intensity, but it isn’t hardcore. The band’s music is its own thing, and it’s got a buzzing sense of power to it.»
Stereogum

«The thing that really hits me in the gut with this record, is that these are really big anthemic punk songs with big whirlwind riffs. (...) They really amp up the tunefulness in the abrasive sound that’s going underneath it all.»
All Songs Considered, NPR

«Dirty punk radness from Oslo»
Brody Dalle (The Distillers)

«A solid slab of noisey Norwegian punk. Likened to Black Flag, early Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey, Dark Times are awesome, but it seems not easy to categorise.»
Team Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 6 Music

Discography:
ALBUMS
«Give» (CD/LP) October 9th 2014 Sheep Chase Records
«Tell Me What I Need» (LP/CD) April 6th 2018 Sheep Chase Records

EPs
«Dark Times» (MC, demo tape), January 2011 Ormeyngel Records/Sacred Tapes, reissue 2014 Sheep Chase Records
«Dark Times» (7"), November 29th, 2011 Sheep Chase
«Girl Hate» (7") November 2012 Fysisk Format
«Dirt» (7"), February 2017 Sheep Chase Records

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