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''Easter Is Cancelled'' is the sixth
studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by the British hard rock band the Darkness. It was released on 4 October 2019 through Canary Dwarf and
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Background

The album was first announced on 4 April 2019, via a video published on the band's official YouTube channel, featuring the band members reciting a poem. A few days later they also announced details of a UK headline tour to support the album. The first single from the album, "Rock and Roll Deserves to Die", was released on 6 August 2019, along with an accompanying music video.


Critical reception

The album received generally favourable reviews.


Track listing

# "Rock and Roll Deserves to Die" – 5:23 # "How Can I Lose Your Love" – 3:02 # "Live 'Til I Die" – 3:32 # "Heart Explodes" – 3:47 # "Deck Chair" – 2:24 # "Easter Is Cancelled" – 4:18 # "Heavy Metal Lover" – 4:41 # "In Another Life" – 4:01 # "Choke on It" – 3:21 # "We Are the Guitar Men" – 4:21 Deluxe edition bonus tracks
  1. "Laylow" – 3:23
  2. "Different Eyes" – 2:51
  3. "Confirmation Bias" – 4:35
  4. "Sutton Hoo" – 3:27
Japanese Edition bonus track
  1. "Dancing House" – 1:05


Personnel

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Justin Hawkins Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and YouTube personality best known for being the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of The Darkness. He was influenced by rock bands of the 1970s and 1 ...
– vocals, guitars, piano *
Dan Hawkins Danny Clarence Hawkins (born November 10, 1960) is an American football coach at UC Davis. A former player and sportscaster, he served as the head football coach at Willamette University (1993–1997), Boise State University (2001–2005), and th ...
– guitars, backing vocals *
Frankie Poullain Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson (born 15 April 1967), better known as Frankie Poullain, is the bassist, bass player for rock band The Darkness (band), The Darkness. He was raised in Milnathort then Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended the Royal H ...
– bass, backing vocals *
Rufus Tiger Taylor Rufus Tiger Taylor (born 8 March 1991) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for British rock band The Darkness since May 2015, and as a touring drummer for the Queen + Adam Lambert stage shows. He is the son of Queen drummer Rog ...
– drums, backing vocals


Charts


References

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