The Darkness

Emily Dolan Davies

The Darkness have recruited Emily Dolan Davies (Bryan Ferry, Tricky) as their new drummer, replacing Ed Graham, who left the band in late 2014, due to health and personal issues. The band has just completed recording its new album, tentatively titled Cliffhanger, for a March 2015 release via Wind-Up.

Davies, who has previously worked with Bryan Ferry and Tricky, has “revitalized” THE DARKNESS, according to frontman Justin Hawkins. “She’s a hard hitter,” he tells UK’s Classic Rock magazine. “She’s got the chops and the attitude that you need to be THE DARKNESS’s drummer. She also makes us feel like dirty old men.”

Regarding THE DARKNESS’s split with founding member Graham in late 2014, Hawkins says: “Ed has had some well-publicized health problems in the past. And for one reason or another, he wasn’t capable of doing his job anymore. We’re still friends with Ed. But now that we have Emily in the band, the worry is gone.”