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UK queercore duo DEATH GOALS have announced a brand new EP!
The upcoming EP, titled Survival Is An Act Of Defiance, is scheduled to be released on August 29th via self-release. The EP is the follow-up to 2023’s A Garden Of Dead Flowers.
Written across 2024 and recorded by Tom Hill at The Bookhouse Studio in London, the EP marks the band’s most politically-charged and aggressive release to date. It features guest appearances from members of HIRS COLLECTIVE, BURNER, CAINHURST, and VICTIM UNIT.
Speaking about the themes of the EP, guitarist/vocalist Harry Bailey says, “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.”
Alongside the announcement of the new EP, DEATH GOALS have released the first single from the EP, titled Tchotchke, featuring guest vocals from Jenna Pup of HIRS COLLECTIVE.
Speaking about the new song, the band says, “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.”
Watch the official music video for Tchotchke here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new EP below:
Track List:
- Kill With Kindness (Ft. Harry Nott of BURNER)
- Tchotchke (Ft. Jenna Pup of HIRS COLLECTIVE)
- Even An Empire Can Burn… (Ft. Ewan Benwell of CAINHURST)
- Even A Worm Can Turn
- Survival Is An Act Of Defiance (Ft. Lotta Ridgely of VICTIM UNIT)
Survival Is An Act Of Defiance is scheduled to be released on August 29th via self-release. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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