In Darker Days, Maybarduk sings, "I only want to be of use. To protect a people or an idea." Many of his songs wrestle with the challenges of creating both personal and political change. Maybarduk's sounds range from soft conversations on Spanish guitar (Sundays) to innovative sample-based compositions (Siddhartha on his raft) to full-tilt post-punk rock (Dom Helder Camara). He self-released his first album, “Passengers,” a narrative of introspective songs bridged by field recordings, on New Year’s of 2007.

With producer J. Robbins, Maybarduk is approaching completion of a dynamic second album tentatively titled No Hay Pueblo Vencido (“We, the people, are not defeated”). Robbins and Maybarduk have invested months imagining arrangements and calling in established musicians of the mid-Atlantic indie scene to draw out the character of each song. Vencido compels as pop, as art, and as statement on living unique possibilities despite oppression or myopia. Maybarduk aims to release No Hay Pueblo Vencido on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009.