Here are some quotes from music journalists and features on Darksoft. I truly appreciate these folks and the time they've taken getting to know my music and sharing it with their readers.
"a full experience" - start-track.com
"chiming goth rock and twee power pop" - Vinyl Moon 111: Facade Arcade
"an enchanting and dreamy slice of ear candy" - Eclectic Music Lover
"silvery guitar tones that graze '80s new wave" - Down East Magazine, November 2024
"chiming guitars, dayglo synths and earworm melodies" - The Top 10 Shoegaze Albums of 2023, Micro Genre Music
"a smooth-as-silk mélange of keys and guitars...compulsively alluring" - The Big Takeover, edition #92
"Everything that catchy indie rock should have" - Start-Track
"sumptuous and pleasing" - Eclectic Music Lover
"strangely heartening" - JanglePopHub
"aching guitar chords and hushed, velvety vocals" - The Big Takeover, edition #91
"Only Time Will Tell is a lush and dreamy track" - Destroy//Exist
"fresh, light and sublime" - Zone Nights
"every time I replayed ‘Only Time Will Tell’ I felt renewed" - mp3hugger
"soothing, bittersweet vocals and hypnotic guitar work" - Post-punk.com
"infectious melodies progressions and ‘90s rock undertones" - V13
"one motherfucker of an album that grabs hold on first listen and refuses to let go" - Vanyaland
"beautiful melodies, outstanding guitar work, and stunning vocals" - Eclectic Music Lover
"an evocative piece of dream theater with grunge leanings" - American Pancake
"the most beautiful jangle-gaze aesthetic. A real find for me." - JanglePopHub
"slow, straightforward and sad alt rock" - Rock The Pigeon
"a gauze of shimmering shoegaze" - ohestee
Q&A with Darksoft on Everydayness (2026) - Radio Free Bucktown
ifitbeyourwill S05E16 • Darksoft [Podcast] - ifitbeyourwill
Darksoft talks influences, creative processes and more [Interview] - iGuitar.com
“It Is What It Is.” An Interview With Darksoft - forestpunk
Darksoft Finds a Way Out of the Everyday - Jambaloo
Darksoft polishes the mundane through ‘Everydayness’ - Vanyaland
Darksoft Find Beauty in the Ordinary on Everydayness - Thus Blog
Top 10 albums of 2023 - JanglePopHub
Photo story: SWYM, Sealife, Darksoft, Daycones - Dan's Tunes
Darksoft is a dream pop and shoegaze project from Portland, Maine (originally from Seattle), writing and recording jangly, reflective indie rock on real instruments since 2018. Read the full biography →
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