What I Cannot Be | Darko

← back to
Lockjaw Records

+ add
stats
×
- See all results
- No matching results
  
  Try a different filter or a new search keyword.
Search all Bandcamp artists, tracks, and albums
cancel

partner
×
- See all results
- No matching results
  
  Try a different filter or a new search keyword.
Search all Bandcamp artists, tracks, and albums
cancel
sign up
log in

We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.

We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

What I Cannot Be

by Darko

supported by

Andy Burrell thumbnail

Dan Tape thumbnail

Propeller-Olaf thumbnail

ceasing_season thumbnail

Kristian Weihers thumbnail

Bob Newhart thumbnail

Frank P. thumbnail

steved1983 thumbnail

William pingry thumbnail

chris613 thumbnail

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more

about

"What I Cannot Be" kicks off the upcoming 5-track "Greyscale". Producer Will Duff of Goliath Studios returns to the desk for the nihilistic second chapter of a trilogy preceded by 2022's genre-bending "Sparkle".
Watch Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6khQjXsJw

lyrics

Don’t tell me what I cannot be

Neanderthal hardmen freak me out
Ooh! The alphas are hungry
Fit in, or they’ll eat you up
Passed the test? Congratu-fucking-lations!
Round hole. Square peg. Not defined by my dick
Don’t tell me to “man up”

Sorry I don't meet your standards
Insecure projection
"Grow some balls"
"Be a man!"

I don’t understand
In fact, for you I just feel sad
Don’t think I’ll ever be your kind of man

These expectations hurt us all
Lift heavy shit! Chug! Nut the ball!
Break your hand punching the wall
Fuck these old redundant norms

Don't tell me what I cannot do
Gonna look the way I choose
Does it spoil your manly day if I live life in my own way?
Don’t tell me what I cannot be

credits

released November 21, 2023
Video Filmed & Edited by Benny P Video:
vimeo.com/bennypvideo

EP Produced and Mastered by Will Duff at Goliath Sound Studios:
www.goliathsoundstudios.com
Drums Recorded by Daly George at The Ranch:
www.dalygeorge.com
Drums Edited by Charlie Munro at Munro Audio:
www.munro-audio.com
DARKO is proudly endorsed by Victory and use the V30 guitar amps.
www.victoryamps.com

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Darko image

Darko Surrey

Tom West - Vox
Chris Brown - Gtr
Rob Piper - Gtr
Karl Sursham - Bass
Andy Borg - Drums

Over a raucous decade, DARKO have by definition, become veterans of the UK Punk scene and it is not uncommon to see them standing as an essential name within the intricate and complex world of contemporary Punk and Hardcore. ... more

Recommendations

shows

May 17

Pouzza Fest

Montreal, QC
Jul 26

Bicester Heritage

Bicester, UK
Aug 23

Brudenell Social Club

Leeds, UK

contact / help

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Darko recommends:

Origins
by The Human Project

The Human Project rule great tunes great riffs and great dudes! Darko
go to album
Tureqt Fureg
by Almeida

Tech as fuck, fast melodic cray-core from another planet! Darko
go to album

If you like Darko, you may also like:

Project Paradise
by Fabled Mind

supported by 5 fans who also own “What I Cannot Be”
go to album
eup•nea
by Melonball

supported by 4 fans who also own “What I Cannot Be”
go to album
LOCKSLIP
by Lockslip

Chaotic metalcore invoking early 2000s bands like Converge and Curl Up and Die. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2024
go to album
HALO OF FLIES
by Rabbit

The Brooklyn miscreants dish out six helpings of raw, sinister punk that combine raw energy with metalcore power moves. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 14, 2022
go to album

Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.