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The Dark Con Of Man

About Me

The Dark Con Of Man are a post-rock band from north-west England.

The band carry on adapting their style, passing through many different genres. They plan to record their debut album throughout february and march which will be free, but only in limited quantities.
Other projects include working with QED Dance Company and making a song for their dance project which will be available late June.
For more information on the band or to book us please call 07965484966

A big thanks to Becci for the above artwork.



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All songs presented on this page are Copyright property of Hector Barnicoat-Hood (2009). Any violation of the Copyright terms will lead to legal action.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/30/2008
Band Website: thedarkconofman.webs.com
Band Members: Tom Higham- Lead guitar/Vocals
Harrison Wood- Bass
Hector Barnicoat-Hood- Drums

With thanks to the following for helping us with our music and playing with us in various events:
Fergus Ellington - Guitar
Tom Clarke - Guitar
Alex Healey - Bass
Influences: A Silver Mount Zion
Mogwai
Day For Airstrikes
Oceansize
Sounds Like: Reviews/Comments:

"From Kirkby Lonsdale the shockingly good The Dark Con Of Man will be doing their Mogwai-meets-Mark Linkous thing. Its their first gig and not before time-judging by the excellent old-heads-on-young shoulders efforts on their myspace." - The Lancaster Guardian 15/8/08

"Astoundingly good new local band." - Slow Riot Records 24/9/08

RELEASES

LIVE EP

Release date: 24/04/09
The LIVE EP was recorded at one of their recent shows. It contains two tracks; 'Future' and 'Truth Be Told'.

Acoustic. Live.

Release date: 29/04/09
Acoustic. Live. was recorded at a fundraiser in early February 2009. The EP is set to have 4/5 tracks of completely acoustic music, featuring vocals, acoustic guitar, acoutic bass and drums.

The Dark Con Of Man
(self titled)

Release date: 04/07/09
This will be their first studio album. Recording is underway and it is hoped that after mastering and CD production it can be ready for July 4th 2009. This EP will include all of their tracks up to now, and maybe a few new ones in the process.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

VIDEOS!

Here's a video playing 'Future' from 'Always Thinking' at the Yorkshire House. Hopefully there will be plenty more videos up soon from 'Always Thinking' at the Jabez Clegg in Manchester!  ...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:26:00 GMT

Updates on Dark Con!

Hey everyone!Thanks to all of you who have been supporting us recently at gigs, a big thanks to Rowan, Jasper and the Papi for the massive support they've given us!Okay, well first off, there's a bit ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:39:00 GMT