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The mysterious Swedish dark dream pop/post-punk group Darkplace, whose forthcoming debut album, About The End Of The World, is a conceptual work inspired by the bleak landscape of the Stockholm suburbs that birthed them, has released the third single, "Cars". Centred around an alternative reality - or is it just a grim present and future? - the album is being unveiled gradually via a series of videos based on animated digital paintings for each of its tracks.
Darkplace has previously issued "Arken över Hesselby" (The Ark Over Hesselby), its video showing the outskirts of a city haunted by an unknown aerial presence (you can check it over HERE), followed by "Fearmonger", represented by an apocalyptic scenario with sirens wailing and a lone soldier fleeing the prying 'eye in the sky' of a mysterious airship (you can check it over HERE).
The new single, "Cars", is the first with vocals, and it sees the story move on to a man who travels north following cryptic messages written on highway signs that only show up in the blast of his headlights. Is he the only person who can see them and follow the trail? Darkplace cryptically states that "trying to escape this psychotic, slow-burning apocalypse is not easy. Nowhere is safe. These weird structures and phenomena seem to occur everywhere, all over the world. Nowhere is safe!
Although rooted in the late 80s/early 90s indie styles, Darkplace incorporates a variety of other genres into their sound. However, for the members of this highly secretive group, it is not just about the music. They perceive themselves as more of an art project that happens to be exploring and commenting on the state of the world through their chosen mediums of music and video. Link
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