{"id":27768,"date":"2026-01-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27768"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:13:40","slug":"the-darts-light-the-fuse-on-new-album-with-advance-single-midnight-creep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27768","title":{"rendered":"THE DARTS Light the Fuse on New Album With Advance Single \u201cMidnight Creep,\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Darts US - &quot;Midnight  Creep&quot; [Official Video]\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itmm1CMg_yQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HI-RES-by-Tina-Gross-6-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Seattle\u2019s all-women garage-rock wrecking crew The Darts kick off their new album cycle with \u201cMidnight Creep,\u201d the first advance single from their upcoming LP Halloween Love Songs, out March 3 on Adrenalin Fix Music. The single drops Tuesday, January 13 and finds the band slipping deeper into the spooky, swagger-heavy garage-trash universe they\u2019ve been flirting with since day one. If you\u2019ve ever wished the Back From the Grave comps came with a dance craze, you\u2019re already in the right neighborhood. The Darts have spent the last decade carving their name into the global underground with Farfisa-first garage chaos, sold-out shows across Europe, the UK, and North America, and multiple sold-out vinyl runs. They\u2019re known for genuine, close-to-the-crowd performances and Nicole\u2019s honest connection with the room, a band that brings people into the show and plays from real joy rather than polish. They\u2019ve landed sought-after KEXP live sessions and hit major festivals like Punk Rock Bowling, Binic Folk and Blues, SJOCK Festival, and Bear Stone Festival, earning fans ranging from Dave Vanian to Stephen King to Jello Biafra. With Nicole Laurenne (vocals and keys), Rebecca Davidson (guitar), Lindsay Scarey (bass), and the returning Rikki Watson (drums), this lineup feels like the most dialed, dangerous, and joyfully unhinged version of the band yet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-297x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-1013x1024.jpeg 1013w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-768x776.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-1520x1536.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-2027x2048.jpeg 2027w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-1140x1152.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2371-65x65.jpeg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cMidnight Creep\u201d started as a surprise curveball when Lindsay brought Nicole a demo called \u201cPhantom Creep.\u201d Nicole was already quietly writing a Halloween-themed album and immediately heard a chance to chase something different: an honest-to-ghoul old-school monster dance, the kind that might\u2019ve aired on a haunted Shindig episode taped in a basement full of fog machines and paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 bats. She rebuilt the tune into a slinky, organ-driven earworm; Lindsay created a simple, go-go-friendly choreography; and suddenly The Darts had a Halloween banger that felt both brand-new and weirdly familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019ve been testing it on the road for months, from Switzerland to Cincinnati, and everywhere in between. The reaction has been instant every night. Whole rooms start doing the dance without needing to be shown. It\u2019s instinctive, like the ghosts of old 45s are moving people around by the hips. To bottle that energy, they teamed up with Frogman director Anthony Cousins, who shot a gloriously campy video steeped in B-movie mood: basement gloom, creature-feature attitude, and the dance front and center for anyone ready to join the creep. It looks like the lost midnight-movie segment some long-gone TV station forgot to broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthedartsus.bandcamp.com%2Fmusic&amp;key=1754c221479337a49fd76c7231f67218925c00fd\"><strong>Order The Darts\u2019<\/strong><strong> Music and Merchandise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mail.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a first glimpse of Halloween Love Songs, \u201cMidnight Creep\u201d nails the album\u2019s split personality. Side A is built for the golden-hour trick-or-treat crowd, ghoulish fun, jangling keys, kitsch with teeth. Side B is the after-midnight bonfire: darker, heavier, fuzzier. Recorded at Station House Studio in Los Angeles with Grammy-winning producer Mark Rains, the album mixes The Darts\u2019 signature garage-punk snarl with vintage horror-pop swagger, landing somewhere between the feral swing of The Cramps, the surf-trash bite of The Trashwomen, and the modern fuzz of bands like Death Valley Girls or Dead Weather, all wired together with that unmistakable Darts voltage. \u201cMidnight Creep\u201d isn\u2019t just the first chapter, it\u2019s the spark. A resurrected retro dance craze. A late-night slither with claws out. A Halloween party starter that already feels like it\u2019s been living under the floorboards for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>For press inquiries, interviews, and review copies, please reach out. -Chad<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Darts On Tour 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.22 Waimea, HI &#8211; Blue Dragon Tavern<br>1.23 Kailua-Kona, HI &#8211; Kona Elks Club<br>1.24 Wailuku, HI &#8211; Request Music<br>1.25 Honolulu, HI &#8211; Proof Social Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.27 Amiens, FR &#8211; P\u00e9niche Celestine<br>3.28 Lauzach, FR &#8211; Festival Bouge Ton Cube<br>4.01 Rouen, FR &#8211; Fury D\u00e9fendu<br>4.03 Vitr\u00e9, FR &#8211; Very Rock Trip Party<br>4.05 Montaigu, FR &#8211; Le Zinor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.01 Sacramento, CA<br>5.02 Reno, NV<br>5.03 Chico, CA<br>5.06 Eugene, OR<br>5.07 Portland, OR<br>5.08 Tacoma, WA<br>5.09 Seattle, WA<br>5.10 Bellingham, WA<br>5.12 Yakima, WA<br>5.14 Salt Lake City, UT<br>5.15 Grand Junction, CO<br>5.16 Denver, CO<br>5.17 Albuquerque, NM<br>5.19 Tucson, AZ<br>5.20 Phoenix, AZ<br>5.21 El Centro, CA<br>5.22 Los Angeles, CA<br>5.23 Long Beach, CA<br>5.24 Oceanside, CA<br>5.25 Pioneertown, CA<br>5.27 Las Vegas, NV<br>5.28 Palmdale, CA<br>5.29 Santa Cruz, CA<br>5.30 Oakland, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.10 Jersey City, NJ<br>6.11 Washington, DC<br>6.12 Richmond, VA<br>6.13 Raleigh, NC<br>6.14 Wilmington, NC<br>6.17 Savannah, GA<br>6.18 Athens, GA<br>6.19 Atlanta, GA<br>6.20 Nashville, TN<br>6.21 Louisville, KY<br>6.23 Indianapolis, IN<br>6.24 Cleveland, OH<br>6.25 Rochester, NY<br>6.26 Lake George, NY<br>6.27 New Haven, CT<br>6.28 Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.26 Eugene, OR<br>8.27 Portland, OR<br>8.28 Seattle, WA<br>8.29 Vancouver, BC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.30 Olympia, WA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>US venues, and more dates in the EU, Australia, and New Zealand to be announced soon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Darts Online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fthedartsus&amp;key=2c626bac2317afb80bdb65652a07f790e8408044\"><strong>INSTAGRAM<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fartist%2F4J3WLsFlUFxLmlbdiqXxtT%3Fsi%3D1Za1pySRSC2q0YVWtzCi7A&amp;key=cc080e69158914ab387db4a5450b8efc0cf6aa21\"><strong>SPOTIFY<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthedartsus.bandcamp.com%2Fmusic&amp;key=1754c221479337a49fd76c7231f67218925c00fd\"><strong>BANDCAMP<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><strong>| <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fthedartsus&amp;key=2c626bac2317afb80bdb65652a07f790e8408044\"><strong>FACEBOOK<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FthedartsUS&amp;key=bffe42b2838423bbcfc10bfbf8208b4ddc19ff78\"><strong>TWITTER<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chad_norulespr_com-dot-mm-event2.appspot.com\/em_0pQJspnpsFqZm6QTqN1o?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fthedartsus&amp;key=2c626bac2317afb80bdb65652a07f790e8408044\"><strong>YOUTUBE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle\u2019s all-women garage-rock wrecking crew The Darts kick off their new album cycle with \u201cMidnight Creep,\u201d the first advance single from their upcoming LP Halloween Love Songs, out March 3 on Adrenalin Fix Music. 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