Cardiff’s own DADDY DRWG is back, and he ain’t here to hold your hand.
Richard Proctor, the twisted mind behind this whole beautiful mess, just dropped “Black Thread”– and lemme tell you, this thing is DARK. Like, stare-at-the-ceiling-at-3AM dark. Like, your coffee went cold two hours ago and you didn’t even notice dark.
Proctor – who cut his teeth in gnarly touring acts like They Walk Among Us and was one half of The MeMeMes with the late, great Mel Daley – knows a thing or two about crafting unease. And on “Black Thread”, the dude takes his Royal Welsh College music tech degree and sets it on fire.
What the hell is this song about? Glad you asked.
He says it’s an “anti-ballad” – and yeah, that tracks. This ain’t your girlfriend’s sad piano tune. This is endurance. This is repetition wearing you down until your bones ache. Proctor wrote the damn thing so it could mean three different nightmares at once: depression sinking its hooks in, the rotten corpse of a failed relationship, or illness slowly stealing your breath. Pick your poison. All three suck. All three fit.
And here’s the beautiful part – after taking sharp aim at toxic masculinity and the manosphere on previous single “Wise Guys”, DADDY DRWG turns the gun inward on “Black Thread”. No more blaming the outside world. This is the stuff you can’t run from. The thread you keep pulling until it strangles you.
Mastered by Charlie Francis (yeah, the guy who worked with R.E.M. and Manic Street Preachers – no big deal) at Synergy Mastering, the track is atmospheric, stark, and emotionally raw as a fresh wound.
Look – if you want polished, safe, radio-friendly garbage, go somewhere else. If you want a Welsh madman named “Bad Daddy” dragging you through psychological quicksand with a straight face and zero apologies? Stream “Black Thread” and let it hurt.