Darlia: Momentum
It’s been a long two years for Nathan Day and Darlia. After a string of heart-bursting singles and bruised rock brilliance they released ‘mini-album’ Petals, a swirling melee of ’90s grunge, rampant melodicism and high-voltage noise… but although it felt like a summation of kinds, the glorious crown that capped off a spell of acclaimed releases and live-wire performances it was far from the end game. Petals was a prologue.
“I’d mapped it all out like a weirdo,” Nathan explains. “I knew what was going to be on album one, every song that was gonna be on album two, three… I think I had six ready. Pretty much everything Darlia has released up until this point I was in my early teens when I wrote it. I owed it to myself to get that out and for our catalogue to start where I started when I was 14.
Now Nathan is on the cusp of his return. In the time he’s been away Nathan has conjured up a treasure trove of songs, writing and recording with the prolificacy that only comes with true ambition.
…and that elusive record? It’s coming, probably sooner than you’d expect: “All the material is ready for the next album.”