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The Darien Gap's "I Wish I Didn't Wish" Out Now
The Darien Gap have just released a new single titled "I Wish I Didn't Wish" from their debut EP Haunted Lots. Fronted by Brian Moss (Great Apes, Hanalei, The Ghost, The Wunder Years), the project combines ferocious and raw punk music with exceptional lyricism. "'I Wish I Didn't Wish' is a reflection on the dangers of dwelling in nostalgia, the inevitability of change, bitterness, population boom and humanity's penchant for spoiling the unspoiled. It was written in a stream of consciousness form and inspired by observations, introspections and memories regarding the island of Kauai. As with all of our material, composition of the music was a collaborative endeavor." - Moss. Brian's writing partner is multi-instrumentalist, Mike Thompson, who happened to answer Brian's craigslist ad looking for like-minded individuals to create music with. The duo quickly hit it off and began writing the songs that would eventually make up their debut EP titled Haunted Lots. Self-recorded and mixed by the pair in a spare bedroom in Mike's home, Haunted Lots is a collaborative amalgamation of an array of influences and personalized style that manages to feel both familiar and new. "I Wish I Didn't Wish" is available on streaming platforms today and Haunted Lots will be released on August 18th via A-F Records. Vinyl pre-orders are available now.
Bio:
After writing one of the most niche and verbose Craigslist musicians wanted posts of all time and navigating through a predictable series of deadbeats and dead ends, Brian found Mike. The pair met up in the spring of 2022, became fast friends and began writing music in a spare bedroom in Mike’s house. Brian comes from a prolific past of touring and hobbying in punk, angular post-hardcore and indie-adjacent projects out of San Francisco, Oakland and Chicago. (Great Apes, The Ghost, Olehole, Hanalei, etc.) and Mike has an extensive history of playing in under-the-radar bands spanning many of punk’s subgenres in Houston, Palm Beach and Oceanside. Given San Luis Obispo County’s penchant for wide-brim-hatted singer songwriters, cover bands and white dreads, their search for other like-minded musicians proved to be a harrowing one. However, with Mike’s abilities as a multi-instrumentalist, the two realized they had everything they needed to write and record an EP on their own. Brian took up vocal, guitar, and partial bass duties, while Mike handled drums, guitar, the remaining bass tracks and backup vocals. The Darién Gap’s debut EP, Haunted Lots, was written, self-recorded, and mixed by Mike and Brian over the course of a few seasons in 2022 and ‘23. The result is a collaborative amalgamation of an array of influences and personalized style that manages to feel both familiar and new. They hope you enjoy it. Maybe they’ll crack the code and find some suitable friends to fill roles for live shows soon.
FFO: Great Apes, Hard Girls, Iron Chic, Signals Midwest
Release Date: August 18th, 2023
Label: A-F Records
Format: Digital | Vinyl
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Album Credits:
Brian Moss - Bass, guitar, vocals.
Mike Thompson - Bass, drums, guitar, vocals
Haunted Lots was recorded by Mike Thompson in one bedroom of a house in Los Osos, CA.
Mixed by Brian Moss and Mike Thompson.
Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden in Oakland, CA.
Album Art:
Lucas Andrews (A Flight of Yesterdays)
Press Photo:
Laura Lee Mattingly
