ABSTRACT
Darkness on the Edge of Town is a cycle of songs that continually turns back upon itself in obsessive pursuit of Big Secrets. But the record’s themes might be understood even without lyrics. The sound is pounding and relentless; the guitar screams, the organ howls, the vocals roar, the drums crash. The music lets up only grudgingly, and then not for long. All of it points toward something—not the darkness per sey but what might be concealed there, discoverable only by those with immense vision and will.
