Taxiing in on Friday 17 May, the new single has been nearly ten years in the making.
Ballarat’s own singer-songwriter soul David Grimson has welcomed a new song to his collection of stories and tales of life, struggles, pain, love and loss, this time with ‘I Don’t Want To Be Afraid Of The Darkness Anymore’.
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The release has been settling into the earholes of locals for the last couple of days, building on his Frank Turner, Tony Sly, Laura Jane Grace influence but with a distinct Australian bubbly, melancholy reserved for Something For Kate, Ben Lee, and Jebediah.
The track, originally written in 2015 is about “being stuck in a dark place but wanting to face your fears, wanting to present an honest version of yourself to the world and to be accepted for who you are, not who people want you to be”.
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‘I Don’t Want To Be Afraid Of The Darkness Anymore’ is the first single from David Grimson’s first full-length studio album, due out later this year, and the first release since April 2023’s Back To The Lights EP which included singles ‘Tonight We Belong’ and ‘Dorothy’.
It’s a return to form for Grimson, who has 20 years of music experience behind him both as a solo artist and in multiple bands, including Ramonescore punk band Agent 37, which celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary in 2022. He’s been lucky enough to share the stage with acts including Frenzal Rhomb, Mikey Erg, The Hard Aches, Teenage Bottlerocket, Hanny J, Jason Guy Smiley and many more.
Here’s hoping the track makes the live setting soon, but for now you can purchase the single on Bandcamp, and stream it here.
