DAKAR is the capital of Senegal. Dakar is a rally race. Dakar is also an American rock band from Duval County, Florida: named after the street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Jacksonville where it was founded by David Benfield, Darrell Edmunds and Luke Jean in 2019.
Benfield and Edmunds initially based their songwriting in the style of 90s guitar-driven alternative hard rock with 2020’s Come and Get It EP and evolved from there, incorporating indie, punk, modern, and southern with an unabashed penchant for pro-democracy, anti-facist, pro-diversity, and anti-racist themes.
In 2021, Dakar followed up with their EP Over the Line, leading off with a raucous dystopian cautionary title track blending overdriven classic rock guitars with an anti-police state theme reflecting the sentiment of the previous year’s political strife in the U.S.
After a few attempts with a fourth member, the band recruited bassist Alejandro Soto and recorded their debut full-length, Say It Again, at Friends of Friends studio in Jax with engineer Brok Mendes. The band was unanimous in their account of the nine-month production process as arduous, but gratifying.
Of all the meanings of Dakar, the boys prefer the name derived from the Senegalese local Wolof word meaning “whoever settles here will be in peace”.
DAKAR returned big time, released their debut full-length album “Say It Again” on February 4th! The album is now available on all major streaming platforms as the band expands its touring range in support.
And it was a great pleasure to have David Benfield to speak on the debut album and much more, Check out the awesome chat with David on the below YouTube video.
TRACK LIST:
Not Gonna Be Yo Sucka
Chase Scene
Say It Again
Over The Line
Come And Get It
Ronnie Jean
Clutches
Grab Your reigns
Reason
Animal
Projection
Escape From New York
Empire Dreams
The Band
Darrell Edmunds – Guitar/Vocals
Alejandro Soto – Bass
Luke Jean – Drums
On Socials
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dakartheband
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakartheband
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dakartheband
Bandsintown: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/383353
Reverbnation: https://www.reverbnation.com/dakartheband
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dakartheband
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/dakartheband
Official Website: www.dakar.band
