Blog: Insomnia Radio: Daily Dose

From their just-released album Dinosaur Bones and Mechanical Hands ( Engine Room Recordings ) Feeling trapped and isolated is a way of life in Western North Carolina. Its small towns foster unique coming-of-age experiences for adolescents growing up there, and Jacob Darden is no exception. Darden was born in the small, Appalachian town of Drexel and spent the first 20 years of his life in the former milltown that has become the main influence of the songs he writes for his band, Israel Darling. Darden began playing music at a young age, and it became [...]

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