Darkness Brings the Wonders Home is the fifth studio album by English duo Smoke Fairies. It was released in January 2020, on the band's Year Seven Records label. It marked the return of much-anticipated new music from Smoke Fairies after a 5 year break.
The album was produced by Phil Ek in Seattle, Washington; the first time the band had recorded an album outside of the UK.
The album arrived shortly before the first COVID-19 outbreak. Although some early launch gigs took place, many other planned activities were put on hold/performed as streamed events. Smoke Fairies commented that this album took on special meaning for them, due to personal loss and the general isolation caused by the pandemic.
In April 2020, Smoke Fairies released 'No Matter How This Goes, Just Make Sure That You're Kind', a song recorded during the making of Darkness Brings The Wonders Home, but didn't make the final cut. The band wrote "It now seems this track makes sense and we wanted to share it because no matter how this situation goes, we are certain that if we just feed it love, good will conquer".
The album was released on standard and signed limited edition CD, 180g black vinyl, signed limited edition gold vinyl, deluxe limited edition black/gold splatter 'dinked' vinyl as well as digital download.
Darkness Brings the Wonders Home reached the following chart positions:
All personnel credits adapted from Darkness Brings the Wonders Home liner notes.