PINEWOOD SMILE 02/14/2021 there's stronger vocal melodies and

there's stronger vocal melodies and more melodies overall

Freddie Redd (organ

David Lovering's propulsive drumming

helped resist the diluted explosion of thrash hardcore that swept the rest of the U

PINEWOOD SMILE 02/14/2021 there's stronger vocal melodies andThe fifth full length release and the first Darkness outing for Cooking Vinyl, Pinewood Smile is also the inaugural studio jaunt for new drummer Rufus Tiger Taylor (son of Queen's Roger Taylor), who took over for Emily Dolan Davies after the release of 2015's excellent Last of Our Kind. That LP was a good distillation of what makes the Darkness so compelling at their best, they're a near perfect amalgam of Thin Lizzy, Queen, Led Zeppelin, and AC DC;