Traveller by Darling West

The last twelve months of Darling West’s musical career can hardly be described as anything else than fantastic. Since the release of their second album, «Vinyl and a Heartache», they have played concerts all over the world, been listed on the biggest radio channels in Norway and appeared on the Top 100 Country charts in the US, been played more than two and a half million times on Spotify, been booked to the biggest festivals in Norway and Americanafest in Nashville and won a Norwegian Grammy.

Despite all this, the band have no plans of resting on their acquired laurels, and now they’re releasing their third single from the album they plan to release in early 2018.

They haven't changed much these last twelve months, but you could still hear a new and revitalized Darling West. The band is still playing their sweet americana/country/folk, but there’s a lot more drive in the music and the melodies are catchier than before.

«Traveller» is the third single from their upcoming album. It was recorded with Bård Ingebrigtsen in Amper Tone Studios, Oslo, and was mixed by Marcus Forsgren (Jaga Jazzist).

The band is saying this about the song: «Traveller tells the story of a restless soul, who made some choices in the past and are still haunted by them. Most of us entertain that thought sometimes; "What would have happened if...?". But for some it turns out to be a defining moment that they will always carry with them.

The sound is based around Mari and Tor Egil's spine-tingling unison singing and fingerpicked guitars, with Kjetil creating beautiful lines with his pedal steel, weaving in and out of a lush string section.

As mentioned above, the last twelve months have been great, but there’s nothing that indicates that the next twelve won’t be even better.