Seattle’s The Darts are back with “Apocalypse,” the second advance strike from their upcoming album Halloween Love Songs, due March 3, 2026. Following the B-movie creep of “Midnight Creep,” this new cut kicks the door clean off, plunging headfirst into the record’s heavier, darker after-hours side. The single lands publicly on February 3, 2026, and it’s loud, loose, and lit by pure end-times electricity.
From Medieval Tapestry to Modern Protest
“Apocalypse” began far from any rehearsal space. While touring through Angers, France, singer and organ force Nicole Laurenne found herself transfixed by the medieval Apocalypse Tapestry — a sprawling vision of angels, beasts, storms, and collapse. Inspiration hit fast. The song took shape almost immediately, written in the van as the band pulled away from the castle walls.
Rather than dwelling on doom, the lyrics flip destruction into release. Lines like “no future, no kings” emerged as a mantra of freedom — a rejection of crowns, orders, and predestined endings. A year later, that same phrase echoed through real-world protest chants, long before the track had ever been officially released.
Caveman Beats and Volcanic Fuzz
Musically, Apocalypse is ritualistic garage rock at its most primal. The verses pound with a Neanderthal thud, the chorus opens into a chant you can shout with a roomful of strangers, and those coiled organ lines tip their hat to 60s troublemakers like The Seeds and The Standells. Rebecca Davidson’s guitar drags everything into the present with thick Mudhoney-grade fuzz, L7 snarl, and flashes of unfiltered punk rage.
It’s garage rock with a cracked halo — stomped flat, dragged through dirt, and set ablaze.
A Live Favourite Turned Demand
Long before it reached the studio, “Apocalypse” had already become a staple of The Darts’ live sets. Crowds called for it by name, asking where they could buy a song that technically didn’t exist yet. That momentum followed the band into the studio, where the instrumental later caught the ear of Gretsch Guitars for a major ad featuring Lindsay Scarey and Rebecca Davidson.
Recorded at Station House Studio in Los Angeles with Grammy-winning producer Mark Rains, the finished track stands as the gateway into Halloween Love Songs’ midnight half — heavier, louder, and designed to shake rooms. With Nicole, Becca, Lindsay, and returning drummer Rikki Watson locked in, The Darts sound feral, euphoric, and fully unhinged in the best way.
“No future, no kings — just volume.”
The Darts On Tour 2026
March / April — Europe
- 3.26 Lille, FR – Bistrot de ST SO
- 3.27 Amiens, FR – Péniche Celestine
- 3.28 Lauzach, FR – Festival Bouge Ton Cube
- 4.01 Rouen, FR – Fury Défendu
- 4.02 Orléans, FR – O’Patio Défi
- 4.03 Vitré, FR – Very Rock Trip Party
- 4.04 Montaigu, FR – Le Zinor
May — US West & Southwest
- 5.01 Sacramento, CA
- 5.02 Reno, NV
- 5.03 Chico, CA
- 5.06 Eugene, OR
- 5.07 Portland, OR
- 5.08 Tacoma, WA
- 5.09 Seattle, WA
- 5.10 Bellingham, WA
- 5.12 Yakima, WA
- 5.14 Salt Lake City, UT
- 5.15 Grand Junction, CO
- 5.16 Denver, CO
- 5.17 Albuquerque, NM
- 5.19 Tucson, AZ
- 5.20 Phoenix, AZ
- 5.21 El Centro, CA
- 5.22 Los Angeles, CA
- 5.23 Long Beach, CA
- 5.24 Oceanside, CA
- 5.25 Pioneertown, CA
- 5.27 Las Vegas, NV
- 5.28 Palmdale, CA
- 5.29 Santa Cruz, CA
- 5.30 Oakland, CA
June — US East
- 6.10 Jersey City, NJ
- 6.11 Washington, DC
- 6.12 Richmond, VA
- 6.13 Raleigh, NC
- 6.14 Wilmington, NC
- 6.17 Savannah, GA
- 6.18 Athens, GA
- 6.19 Atlanta, GA
- 6.20 Nashville, TN
- 6.21 Louisville, KY
- 6.23 Indianapolis, IN
- 6.24 Cleveland, OH
- 6.25 Rochester, NY
- 6.26 Lake George, NY
- 6.27 New Haven, CT
- 6.28 Brooklyn, NY
August — Pacific Northwest
- 8.26 Eugene, OR
- 8.27 Portland, OR
- 8.28 Seattle, WA
- 8.29 Vancouver, BC
- 8.30 Olympia, WA
