Dark Miles – When the Lights Go Out

After the release of “Your Heart Is An Empty Street,” Dark Miles has just released “When The Lights Go Out,” the second single in anticipation of the first full-length from Pete Miles solo project.

“When The Lights Go Out” was made during the pandemic, “a period where we found ourselves deprived of some elementary freedoms, and consequently rediscovered how fragile these freedoms are,” highlights Pete Miles, adding that “whether in what we feel, in what we do, in what we want and in what we are, this freedom is constantly put to the test, particularly in the times we live in, in which the nightmare of war has once again stripped many people of their human dignity.”

About Dark Miles

The lead singer of the extinct rock band MOSH comes forward with a song that exalts freedom and the way in which it is constantly put to the test, particularly in the times we live in, and paves the way for the release of 10 Miles Into The Dark, an album representative of a journey into the depths of the human soul.

Dark Miles is the solo project of Pedro Lima (aka Pete Miles), lead singer of the extinct band from Porto (Portugal), called MOSH.

MOSH were a rock band that existed between 2004 and 2010. With great popularity in the national underground rock scene, MOSH were invited to play on the main stage of the Vilar deMouros Festival in 2005 and opened concerts for renowned bands, such as Marilyn Manson, Ill Niño, Soulfly, etc. Their video was frequently shown on MTV Portugal and they were nominated for Best New Act by MTV in 2007. They were invited by the streetwear brand “Volcom” to play at the brand’s world event in Biarritz, and during these years of activity they played a lot within and outside the country and gained a very considerable fan following, both at home and abroad.

With the end of the band, motivated by musical differences, came an artistic hiatus that ended with the arrival of the pandemic and a sudden surge of creativity, which led to an album focused on its influences beyond the heavier spectrum of rock, covering mainly the 80s and 90s.

With influences ranging from Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Peter Murphy, The Sound, Psychedelic Furs, Peter Gabriel, to Mad Season, Stone Temple Pilots, Chris Cornell, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog , Mark Lanegan, etc., the band Dark Miles, by the now renamed Pete Miles (pseudonym of Pedro Lima), tries with this album to pay homage to these two brilliant decades of international music.

Recorded in André Indiana’s studio, with the exception of 3 songs, which were recorded in the studio of producer and sound engineer Mário Pereira, the album was produced by Paulo Praça, mixed by André Indiana and mastered by Mário Barreiros. All themes were composed by Pete Miles with the collaboration of Paulo Praça; the lyrics are entirely by Pete Miles.

In addition to Paulo Praça (The Gift) and André Indiana (guitars, bass, synth), the album featured Paulo Gravato (Pedro Abrunhosa) on saxophone, Eurico Amorim (Pedro Abrunhosa) on keys, Bruno Oliveira (Os Azeitonas) on drums, Sérgio Silva (Expensive Soul) on drums and Miguel Martins (Zen) on guitar.

10 Miles Into the Dark is a journey into the depths of the soul, guided by the sound of a generation that stands the test of time.