Death Goals Announce New EP and Release New Single ‘Tchotchke’ (ft. HIRS COLLECTIVE)
Death Goals have released the brand new single ‘Tchotchke’ (feat. Jenna Pup of HIRS Collective) and announced the release of ‘Survival Is An Act Of Defiance’, their new EP.
Speaking on the themes inherent on the new track:
Tchotchke is about the queer experience of being fetishised by members of the heterosexual community; the casual ‘harmless’ flirtation of a drunk straight friend, or the anonymous message on social media recounting all the sordid ways they’ve thought about you that evening. Queer people don’t exist to be objects of lust; we deserve love just as much as anybody else.
To add to the excitement, the duo have also announced their forthcoming EP ‘Survival Is An Act Of Defiance’ (set to be self-released on August 29th).
‘Survival Is An Act Of Defiance’ is Death Goals’ most politically-charged and aggressive release to date; joined by a host of queer guest vocalists (members of HIRS Collective, Burner, Cainhurst and Victim Unit) the band wrote this EP across 2024 as a real-time response to the ever-growing hatred and persecution of the queer community.
Says Harry Bailey (guitar/vocals):
Queerness, community and the overcoming of adversity are the major lyrical themes of Survival Is An Act Of Defiance. Whilst we’ve never refrained from including these in prior releases, it was integral that they were at the foreground of these songs, we wanted to offer not just an expression of despair but one of hope and togetherness in a time where that seems unthinkable.
The Queercore community has always been a family to us, and as we wrote this EP we knew we wanted to embrace that fact. We are so grateful to our friends from Burner, Cainhurst, Victim Unit and HIRS Collective for lending their incredible voices to these songs, it makes the whole release feel extra special to us.
‘Survival Is An Act Of Defiance’ is Death Goals’ most politically-charged and aggressive release to date; joined by a host of queer guest vocalists (members of HIRS Collective, Burner, Cainhurst and Victim Unit) the band wrote this EP across 2024 as a real-time response to the ever-growing hatred and persecution of the queer community.
Says Harry Bailey (guitar/vocals):
‘Survival Is An Act Of Defiance’ came from a collection of demos that we’d originally deemed too ‘gnarly’ for Death Goals, but found really encapsulated how we’ve felt watching the world fall apart around us over the past few years. Across weekly writing sessions at George’s house throughout 2024 we chopped, changed and refined these tracks – more so than we’ve ever done on a previous Death Goals release.
I had heard the phrase ‘Even a worm can turn’, and it really resonated with me as a queer individual; we are not, and do not wish to be the violent & malicious group that the far right portray us as, however due to ever increasing hostility we are having to become more confrontational in our acts of self preservation.
Queerness, community and the overcoming of adversity are the major lyrical themes of Survival Is An Act Of Defiance. Whilst we’ve never refrained from including these in prior releases, it was integral that they were at the foreground of these songs, we wanted to offer not just an expression of despair but one of hope and togetherness in a time where that seems unthinkable.
The Queercore community has always been a family to us, and as we wrote this EP we knew we wanted to embrace that fact. We are so grateful to our friends from Burner, Cainhurst, Victim Unit and HIRS Collective for lending their incredible voices to these songs, it makes the whole release feel extra special to us.
EP Tracklist:
1. Kill With Kindness (Ft. Harry Nott of Burner)
2. Tchotchke (Ft. Jenna Pup of HIRS Collective)
3. Even An Empire Can Burn… (Ft. Ewan Benwell of Cainhurst)
4. Even A Worm Can Turn
5. Survival Is An Act Of Defiance (Ft. Lotta Ridgely of Victim Unit)
Music-Release Credits:
Written and performed by Harry Bailey and George Milner
Produced and mixed by Tom Hill at The Bookhouse Studio, London
Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio, New York
Artwork by Chris Gallagher (Misery Take Me)
Guest vocals on ‘Kill With Kindness’ by Harry Nott (of Burner)
Guest Vocals on ‘Tchotchke’ by Jenna Pup (of The Hirs Collective)
Guest Vocals on ‘Even An Empire Can Burn’ by Ewan Benwell (of Cainhurst)
Guest Vocals on Survival Is An Act Of Defiance by Lotta Ridgely (of Victim Unit)
Gang Vocals on ‘Even A Worm Will Turn’ by Tom Hill, Miles Todd, Lindsey Costerton, Shwin Bhandari, Dan Melizan, Ben Hunt, Phoebe Bentham, Erin Munn, Spike and Frankie Linton
Additional Credits/Info:
UK/EU Ricky Biondetti (Swamp Booking)
Belle Brown (Choice Artists)
Press: Sammy Urwin (Since Always Press)
Creative Director: Kate Feast (Kate Feast Photography)
Visualiser Designer: Teresa Manzaneque Ruiz (Abhorrent Disobedience)
Video & Photography: Kate Feast (Kate Feast Photography)
Promotional & Stage Czarina (Made2Fit)
Upcoming shows
With HIRS Collective
30/08 – Supersonic Festival, Birmingham
31/08 – Joiners, Southampton
03/09 – V11, Rotterdam
04/09 – DBs, Utrecht
05/09 – Green Door Store, Brighton
06/09 – The Black Heart, London
07/09 – The Exchange, Bristol
08/09 – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
09/09 – The Star & Garter, Manchester
10/09 – The Adelphi Club, Hull
11/09 – Lubber Fiend, Newcastle
12/09 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
14/09 – Core Festival, Glasgow
Festival/Support
17/09 – Avant Art Festival, Warsaw
05/10 – Tumult Festival, Brussels
08/11 – Fickle Pickle, Southend (with City Of Caterpillar)
With Conjurer
11/11 – Joiners, Southampton
12/11 – The Underworld, London
13/11 – Strange Brew, Bristol
15/11 – Asylum, Birmingham
16/11 – Cathouse, Glasgow
Links
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