Darkstar may be an insular entity, but that doesn't mean the group are immune from outside influences.
So when the general election results came fluttering in, the group were devastated. Watching the country swing to the right was, like most other young people in the UK, a depressing experience.
The video for new cut 'Pin Secure' reflects this. Directed by Matthew Halsall, it finds Darkstar working in a late night supermarket, the oppressive atmosphere highlighted by a gruesome boss.
The director explains: "The general election result was really devastating for me and in many ways it showed the power of the traditional right wing press. The 'hard working' people of Britain are tricked on a daily basis to hate asylum seekers, immigrants and 'benefit cheats' not tax dodging corporations or corrupt politicians. I wanted to somehow reflect the bleak, devastating reality of this in a video that could not be anything other than shocking, vile and attention grabbing."
Darkstar's James Young adds: "The lyrics are based on making a rash or ill-informed decision and living with the consequences. It's an attack on self-preservation and being single minded in the pursuit of happiness. How somehow a culture of acquiring and then protecting wealth has taken its toll on the greater good and ideals we seem to constantly ignore. The frustration of how we can be so naive in believing this route is progression."
Check it out now.
Darkstar's new album 'Foam Island' will be released on September 25th.
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