Jont's "Dark Days Are Over" is a Life-Affirming, Soul-Stirring Call to Rise Again – A Singer-Songwriter Anthem of Resilience, Rebirth, and Radical Simplicity

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Nova Scotia via London singer-songwriter Jont returns with “Dark Days Are Over”—a defiant, emotionally raw anthem that channels the spirit of renewal after despair, and the untamed joy that emerges when we simply begin again.

“Things linger…. In the soul, in the fabric of the soul,” Jont shares. “Wounds picked up in ancient battles might never heal in this life and who knows, from what science tells us we hand down both our physical and emotional trauma to our descendants. The funnel leads to us and we take it on as ours and it can feel too much to bear.”

“Until you get it,” he continues. “Until one day it comes to you. Like a life-affirming riff you’ve never played before that’s been staring you in the face every time you’ve played an E chord… In this time of grand cynicism and wariness, fear and betrayal of ourselves, is it possible that something so pure and true can wing its way through in the shape of a life-affirming riff, in the form of some simple poetry that carries just enough meaning to make you smile and dance?”

Jont says the song came pouring out of him last spring after a long “dark winter of the soul,” when his beliefs around purpose and meaning had been brought to the edge.

“The conclusion I’d reached was Just Do It. Yep. The 90’s Nike slogan had been what I’d got from my dance with despair. And my friends — it works. Just fucking do it. Not why, or who will listen, or who cares, or what’s the point — Just do it.”

From that moment, something changed. A trickle became a flood.

“I started releasing my songs to an unsuspecting audience of about 10 followers who still remembered who I was. I got a band together. I started an alcohol-free music night serving cacao in a community where this was unheard of. And then — this. This riff started coming through and after the winter I’d had I am happy to tell you I cried as this song poured out onto the page.”

“Dark Days Are Over” is the sound of emergence. Of remembering joy. It’s a raw, rhythmic singer-songwriter release with undeniable emotional power, sung from the depths and soaring with optimism.

Listen to “Dark Days Are Over” HERE. Watch the accompanying music video HERE.

The music video that accompanies the track was born, fittingly, out of a trip to the Sacred Valley in Peru earlier this year.

“It was my deep privilege to travel to Peru this spring, to the Sacred Valley — an area in the high Andes mountain range and the territory of the Quechua people. I lived near Pizac for a month… and in the process of living there something got cleaned, cleared. Something shifted.”

A spontaneous collaboration with local photographer Lorenna Martin resulted in striking footage that captured the spirit of the song.

“I didn’t know that the photographer would be so skilled and that she would capture so magically the vibe of the song through her lens,” Jont explains. “But when I got the rushes back to Dario Lozano Thornton and Annaka Gale, who have directed all of my videos in the last year, they loved them too and edited a classic simple, lo-fi rock video that perfectly suits the optimism and freedom of the song.”

With its moods of hope, lightness, and fearless action, “Dark Days Are Over” is a triumphant reminder of what’s possible when we stop waiting for permission and just move forward.

Jont is a singer-songwriter and frontman of Jont & The Fish, a gatherer of community and a longtime organizer of joy-filled ceremonies and musical events.

Jont's music has always been a beacon to those who are looking for support and comfort. Over the years, the style and genre of his albums has shifted back and forth from acoustic and intimate to orchestrated and upbeat, but the feel and message of Jont’s songs remains the same: deeply personal and effortlessly universal, each one is a hallelujah for this life we share, declaring implicitly - you are me and I am you.

2025 sees Jont - with his new band, The Fish - delivering the most powerful work of his career - the kind of authentic, biting, truthful and mature work that comes from an artist reaching the height of their powers. Come with Jont on his journey. Open yourself to the warm embrace of his music and join a global community of like-minded souls who treat his music as pure medicine.

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