The Darts (US) 2nd full length LP I Like You But Not Like That, available online and in stores May 24th 2019

On May 3, 2019

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THE DARTS

I LIKE YOU BUT NOT LIKE THAT

IN STORES MAY 24TH

Alternative Tentacles Records is proud to announce the release of THE DARTS (US) 2^nd full length LP I Like You But Not Like That, available online and in stores near you May 24th of 2019.

Following up quickly on the overwhelming success of their 2018 release of the Subsonic Dream w/ Bullet 7” on Alternative Tentacles, I Like You But Not Like That has been produced by Bob Hoag (The Ataris, The Impossibles). THE DARTS sound has been described by PunkNews.org as:

“Bleating retro garage rock synths and bass riffs lead an aggressive attack that is equal parts breezy and ballsy. Catchy songs with attitude are the hallmark of great punk rock bands, they [The Darts] display both qualities flawlessly.”

Pre-orders are now available for the album at both alternativetentacles.com in very limited quantities. The record will be available in stores and digital on

May 24th, 2019.

THE DARTS (US) have exploded onto the scene with a fiercely classic sound that invests deeply in late 60’s garage, incorporating tones of horror-punk and garage-psych. Live, THE DARTS hurtle through songs with the reckless abandon of a freight train about to run off the rails, while their calculated musicianship sets a seamless trajectory of grooving hooks and restless boogie back beats. If Elvira and Wednesday Adams consumed the flesh of man, drank shots of snake venom, started a garage rock band, and played the bride of Frankenstein’s bachelorette party, it would probably sound exactly like THE DARTS.

The band formed in early 2016, after vocalist/keyboardist Nicole Laurenne (The Love Me Nots, Motobunny, Zero Zero) and bassist Christina “Madcap” Nunez (The Love Me Nots, The Madcaps) decided, following the end of The Love Me Nots, to utilize the similarities in their creative ambitions to put together the all-girl band they had been talking about for years. Tapping some of their favorite players for the project, like drummer Rikki Styxx(The Two Tens, The Dollyrots), and later Meliza Jackson (decker.), the band quickly wrote and self-released two debut EPs back-to-back.

After their October 2016 EP release, the singles “Running Through Your Lies” and

“Revolution” found instant radio airplay. “Take What I Need” was selected by Sirius/XM’s Underground Garage channel as “The Coolest Song In The World,” while infamous horror author Stephen King tweeted about the band, professing his fandom to the world.

Shortly thereafter, the band signed to UK garage label Dirty Water Records, who, in 2017, released their first full length LP, Me.Ow.. THE DARTS have crisscrossed both the US and Europe constantly since, playing high-profile festivals such as Sjock Fest, Roots and Roses Fest, Down At The Nightclub Fest, Relache, and Munster Looney Fest.

In June 2018, Jello Biafra’s legendary punk label Alternative Tentacles Records joined forces with Laurenne’s newly formed American arm of the Dirty Water, Dirty Water Records USA, to release THE DARTS first 7” record, Subsonic Dream b/w Bullet.Biafra invited THE DARTS to perform at his sold out 60^th birthday show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and Jello himself performed The Dead Kennedy’s classic

“Halloween” on Halloween 2018, with THE DARTS backing him. The list of bands with whom The Darts have shared the stage in their brief existence is impressive, including The Damned, The Black Lips, Electric Six, King Kahn and The Shrines, The Living End, Les Lullies, The Lords of Altamonte, The Cavemen, The Dwarves, and Turbonegro.

In October 2018, THE DARTS, now joined by Meliza Jackson (decker.) on guitar, undertook a nationwide tour in support of legendary UK punk band The Damned. Shredding in the wake of one of the most infamous punk bands in history, THE DARTS earned critical media acclaim and secured them a spot on the main stage at Punk Rock

Bowling Fest in Las Vegas this coming May.

THE DARTS announced in February of 2019 that they had signed a record deal with Alternative Tentacles Records for release of their second full-length LP, I Like You But Not Like That, which is expected to drop this spring.

It has been said that THE DARTS chose their name to intentionally be filed alphabetically in records stores between The Damned and The Dead Kennedy’s.

INTERVIEW WITH LEAD SINGER NICOLE LAURENNE