"'The albums are journeys of discovery,' he says. 'They're adventures in rock music-but not just rock music now. We sometimes play around with bits of country, folk, and even Italian cinematic music. We close the album with 'Weekend in Rome.''"
"'Sometimes I went a little bit posher,' says the bassist. 'I've always avoided becoming a posh bass player. But on 'Don't Need Sunshine,' that was probably the one that was most contrary to my usual style. I tried to really warm up the song and give it a sense of melody.'"
"'I don't want to know what it means,' he says. 'It's a feeling. Life's like that a lot of the time-an iceberg. You see what's on the top, and underneath it's subconscious, dark, and murky. I like that.'"
Two decades after Permission to Land, The Darkness continues to pursue flamboyant glam-rock with playful, genre-blending compositions on Dreams on Toast. The lineup—Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain, and Rufus Taylor—leans into eccentric instincts across feral glam-punk ('I Hate Myself'), arena-ready rock ('Rock and Roll Party Cowboy'), sun-soaked '70s shimmer ('The Longest Kiss') and tender balladry ('Hot On My Tail'). The album explores unexpected country on 'Cold Hearted Woman' and cinematic touches, closes with 'Weekend in Rome', and features warmer, melodic bass lines on 'Don't Need Sunshine' that push the band's textures.
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