THE DARLING FIRE
Releases New Album
Dark Celebration
Out Now via Spartan Records
Available At spr.tn/darkcelebration
Streaming via Spotify and Apple Music
Previously Featured on Billboard, Brooklyn Vegan,
Kerrang & More
South Florida - June 14, 2019 - The wait is over for Indie rock band The Darling Fire's debut album. Dark Celebration is out now via Spartan Records and has recently been heralded by Billboard, Brooklyn Vegan, Kerrang, and more. The album can be purchased online at spr.tn/darkcelebration, or streamed via Spotify and Apple Music.
On the new record, the band shares: "We're excited about what has come from a collaboration of friends, which reflects the trials and tribulations we're celebrating moving on from, through the music we've created."
The Darling Fire will be celebrating their debut album with back to back album release shows at New York City's famed Arlene's Grocery tonight, Friday, June 14th, and tomorrow, Saturday, June 15th. Tickets are available at www.arlenesgrocery.net.
Spartan Records proudly welcomed The Darling Fire to its esteemed and growing roster last year - a veritable mosaic of indie notoriety featuring Jolie Lindholm (The Rocking Horse Winner, Dashboard Confessional) on vocals/guitar, Jeronimo Gomez on guitar (The Rocking Horse Winner, As Friends Rust), Steven Kleisath on drums (Further Seems Forever, Shai Hulud), Gregg Moore on bass (Slap of Reality) and Matthew Short on guitar.
After years of individual success in some of the scene's most beloved bands, The Darling Fire was born of both deep struggle and deeper friendships. "Jeronimo and I had a particularly difficult end of the year in 2017," says Lindholm. "We'd been wanting to write music together for awhile, but life kept getting in the way. The tough time we were having made us realize that life is short and there was no better time. We didn't specifically set out to start a band, per se. It just began to materialize as things started changing, once we started to share what we were working on. It almost took on a life of its own and kept pushing us to move forward, to make this into a real thing."
Looking at the The Darling Fire's impressive roster, the band's debut release, Dark Celebration, is in many ways what you'd anticipate - energetic, powerful, melodic, and heavy; however, it is far more nuanced than you would imagine. The collective sum of the parts and the alluring heart-on-sleeve lyrics produce a more intimate, spacey and bewitching experience - an authenticity that speaks to the true cathartic nature of the project. "The album is really a celebration of dark themes and experiences that have occurred in our lives both personally and distantly," says Short.
Selecting the right producer to bring the Dark Celebration vision to life was of paramount importance. In all the band's discussions, there was one name that seemed appropriate for a project of this magnitude - J. Robbins. Aside from the list of impressive production credits (The Dismemberment Plan, The Promise Ring, Against Me!), Robbins was also a formative member of some of The Darling Fire's favorite bands (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Government Issue). The result of this collaboration was a powerful coalescence of artistry and vision - the record that five artists spent their entire careers waiting to make. "This band feels like a family," says Lindholm, "We're all facing the challenges of what is to come together, with eyes wide open. Regardless of where we are in our lives, there is always the opportunity to start anew - to find fresh inspiration and kinship."
Without evoking too many cliches, while the darkness can be disorienting, there is a beauty in its temporariness. It requires a great amount of courage to confront the unknown in its purest form, but rarely is regret the outcome of this process.
Dark Celebration on now via Spartan Records. To purchase, please visit: spr.tn/darkcelebration.
For More Information, please visit:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedarlingfire
Twitter: www.twitter.com/fire_darling
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thedarlingfireofficial
Website: www.thedarlingfire.com
Dark Celebration Tracklisting:
1. For the Loveless
2. Nevertwin
3. Omaha
4. Catatonia
5. Silver Spider
6. The Constant
7. Saints in Masquerade
8. In Twilight
Upcoming Shows:
6/14-6/15 - New York, NY @ Arlene's Grocery
7/20 - Palm Beach Gardens, FL @ Swampgrass Willy's
7/27 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
Utah continues to ranks as one of the worst driving states in our national studies. So, we took a closer look to see where the best and worst drivers in Utah reside.
You can find the city rankings here: https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/utah-best-and-worst-driving-cities
Given that the Salt Lake City area is among the snowiest in the county. You’d expect to see a high rate of car accidents in the area. Severe winter weather is always risky to drive in. Although, the seasoned winter drivers in Utah have to be great drivers, right? Wrong.
According to QuoteWizard’s 2016 best and worst driving study, Utah took the top spot as the worst driving state in the county. While 2017 (3rd) and 2018 (9th) studies saw more favorable rankings, Utah remains a top 10 worst driving state. The winter driving conditions with already poor driving habits will likely keep Utahns among the worst drivers in the country. Of the overall worst, we wanted to dive into the numbers and see where the worst of the worst drivers live, and also see where the best of the worst drivers are.
To determine overall driver quality in Utah, we ranked the 50 largest cities in the state. We analyzed over 85,000 insurance quotes from Utah drivers using QuoteWizard.com and ranked cities by the highest rate of incidents. Incidents include accidents, speeding tickets, DUIs, and citations.
Rank (worst)
City
1
Farmington
2
South Jordan
3
Kaysville
4
Saratoga Springs
5
Centerville
6
Clearfield
7
Clinton
8
Orem
9
Riverton
10
Spanish Fork
11
Kearns
12
Syracuse
13
Layton
14
Roy
15
Herriman
16
Magna
17
Washington
18
Provo
19
Bountiful
20
Eagle Mountain
21
North Ogden
22
West Jordan
23
Ogden
24
Logan
25
Pleasant Grove
Sandwiched between the Great Salt Lake and Bountiful Peak is the worst driving city in Utah, Farmington. The way Farmington is situated makes it a prime candidate for a high rate of incidents. The only highway traveled from Ogden to Salt Lake City is I-15 right through Farmington. Given the high traffic going through Farmington there’s plenty of opportunities for incidents. Luckily the high rate of incidents in Farmington are mostly non-fatal. Davis county had a traffic fatality rate of 3.16 per 100,000 people.
Another prime location for a bad driving city. South Jordan being situated between I-15, highway 154, and 175 presents a high risk traffic corredor. Given the geographical location of South Jordan there’s plenty of reason to understand why it’s such a high incident city. However, it’s residents could very well be the real problem.
Kaysville is in a similar predicament as neighboring Farmington. It’s unavoidable to travel north and south from Ogden to SLC, without heading through Kaysville. The high rate of traffic is surely the cause of bad driving in Kaysville. As shown above, Kaysville plays a role in the low fatality rate of Davis county.
Rank (worst)
City
1
Cedar City
2
Tooele
3
Holladay
4
Hurricane
5
West Valley City
6
Springville
7
South Ogden
8
Salt Lake City
9
Sandy
10
Taylorsville
11
Lehi
12
St. George
13
Millcreek
14
Murray
15
Draper
16
Payson
17
North Salt Lake
18
Brigham City
19
West Jordan
20
Ogden
21
Logan
22
Pleasant Grove
23
Cottonwood Heights
24
Midvale
25
American Fork
Hop on I-15 South from SLC and keep going for 250 miles, you’ll hit the safest driving city in Utah. Cedar City is your prototypical safe driving city. Being out of the bustling traffic of the Salt Lake City area helps limit risk of incidents. Incidents are low in Cedar City, but Iron county as a whole is quite deadly. There were 21.57 road fatalities per 100,000 people in 2017. Which was a significant jump from 8.03 fatalities in 2016.
Stepping just outside of the SLC metro area is Tooele, home to the second best drivers in Utah. Another city benefiting from the lack of traffic that metro area cities deal with. Tooele drivers safely move on highway 36, the only highway going through town. Tooele county experienced 13.34 road fatalities per 100,000 people in 2017. A large reduction from the 30.96 fatalities in 2016.
As Cedar City and Tooele benefit from low traffic outside of the Salt Lake City area, Holladay drivers remain among the safest drivers in the metro area. Tucked up against the base of Mt. Olympus and outside of the I-15 cooradoor, Holladay is somewhat isolated from the worst of Salt Lake City traffic. However, kudos to Holladay drivers for their safe driving habits in one of the worst driving cities in the US.
The QuoteWizard research team evaluated driver quality from the 50 largest cities in Utah by population. We analyzed 2018 data of over 85,000 insurance quotes from Utah drivers using QuoteWizard to find the rate of overall incidents in each city. Incidents include accidents, speeding tickets, DUIs, and citations.
