Listen to The Darkness’ punk-inspired new single ‘I Hate Myself’

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The Darkness have shared a new self-deprecating, punk-tinged single called ‘I Hate Myself’ – check it out below.Released today (December 10), the track comes is the latest to be shared from forthcoming album ‘Dreams On Toast’.

The record – which will be their eighth studio LP and the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Motorheart’ – was announced back in September with the Queen-inspired lead single ‘The Longest Kiss’.Now, in the second preview of the new LP, Justin Hawkins and co.

have taken on a more explosive approach and paid homage to the punk and glam heyday.Titled ‘I Hate Myself’, the track sees the frontman take on a tongue-in-cheek, self-deprecating approach, as he explores the struggle of a relationship breaking down.“There goes a girl I was incredibly cruel to / I thought that she was in my way / The girl I adore / She don’t wanna know me any more,” he sings in the adrenaline-filled opening verse, before exploding into the chorus: “I hate myself, I hate myself, I do / I hate myself so you don’t have to.”Discussing the new single, Hawkins said: “At last, a joyous, raucous celebration of self-loathing.

I think without regrets we stand to learn less from our experiences – to deny them and compartmentalise them is to deny ourselves an opportunity to grow.“So, it’s time for us to sing this uplifting ode to remorse in the hope that we don’t make the same mistakes again and history does not repeat itself.”You can check out the track in full above, and fans attending their upcoming in-store performances this week can expect to hear it played live for some for the first time.