Earmilk premiered the single “In The Dark,” which frontwoman Margrét Rán explains "is about overcoming your fears and self doubts. I’ve always been a little bit afraid of the dark so I used that as a metaphor, like your trapped in a dark place and your mind is poisoning your thoughts by telling you that there's something out there watching you. But the fact is that just in your head, our mind loves to playing tricks on us so you keep on being stuck in the loop of fighting your own thoughts. The only way to win is to get out there and stop hiding."
“In The Dark” follows previous album singles “Erase You,” “Spend The Love”, “Night & Day”, and “Autopilot”, which have garnered over 1 million streams collectively across platforms in just the past few weeks. The trio are on the heels of a string of highly successful live dates, including their U.S. debut with several concerts in select cities promoted by Taste of Iceland and in partnership with WFUV and KEXP, as well as their live performances at this year’s Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavík.
In The Dark is an eleven track collection written and recorded by Margrét Rán and Einar Stef in collaboration with UK producer James Earp (Bipolar Sunshine, Fickle Friends, Lewis Capaldi). The LP sees Vök exploring their pop sound even further than before, creating their most immediate sounding and most accessible album yet. Recorded in Vök's home studio in Reykjavík and in Notting Hill, London in early 2018, each song on In the Dark has its own definable character or theme, from “Night & Day”’s obsession to “Autopilot”’s crushing disappointment. Vök’s critically acclaimed 2017 debut album Figure, released via Nettwerk (Angus & Julia Stone, Boxed In, The Veils) recently won Album of the Year in the 2018 Icelandic Music Awards and has received praise from the likes of Noisey, The Line of Best Fit, The New York Times, Clash, Stereogum, and more. Prior to that, their debut EP Tension was recorded under local Icelandic label Record Records, followed by their second EP Circles - both of which were met with glowingly positive reviews and key tastemaker support. To date, they’ve garnered over 15 million streams across platforms, have 370,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and have hit #1 on Hype Machine for their popular single “Breaking Bones”.
After a successful tour with Editors throughout Germany & Poland late last year, the band began their 21-date European tour in Prague. The tour will also include 5 UK dates. Full list of shows below;
In The Dark Headline EU Tour:
13th Feb - Budapest, Hungary @ A38
14th Feb - Zegreb, Croatia @ Tvornica Kulture
15th Feb - Pordenone, Italy @ Capitol Pordenone
16th Feb - Innsbruck, Austria @ Treibhaus
18th Feb - Leizpig, Germany @ Neues Schauspiel
19th Feb - Warsaw, Poland @ NIEBO
20th Feb - Wroclaw, Poland @ Stary Klasztor
21st Feb - Poznan, Poland @ Próżność
22nd Mar - Reykjavik, Iceland @ Iðnó
23rd Mar - Akureyri, Iceland @ Græni Hatturinn
26th Mar Bruge, Belgium @ Kaktus Club
27th Mar - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
28th Mar - Groningen, Netherlands @ VERA
29th Mar - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Rotown
30th Mar - Utrecht, Netherlands @ EKKO
1st Apr - Koln, Germany @ Yuca Club
2nd Apr - Hamburg, Germany – Knust
3rd Apr - Kobenhavn, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
4th Apr - Oslo, Norway @ Krøsset
5th Apr - Stockholm, Sweden @ Obaren
7th Apr - Berlin, Germany @ Gretchen
8th Apr - Munich, Germany @ Ampere
9th Apr - Milan, Italy @ Arci Ohibo
10th Apr - Fribourg, Switzerland @ Fri-Son
11th Apr - Paris, France @ Le Pop-Up du Label
13th Apr - Brighton, UK @ Komedia
14th Apr - Birmingham, UK @ The Cuban Embassy
15th Apr - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
16th Apr - Manchester, UK @ YES
17th Apr - London, UK @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
