Death Goals drop new single, announce Survival Is An Act Of Defiance EP

Death Goals are premiering a brand-new single and video, Tchotchke, featuring Jenna Pup of HIRS Collective.

The track is taken from the duo’s – Harry Bailey (guitar/vocals) and George Milner (drums/vocals) – newly-announced EP Survival Is An Act Of Defiance, which they are set to self-release on August 29.

Speaking about the record as a whole, Harry explains that, “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 and 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.”

Watch the visual feast of a music video for Tchotchke below:

See the Survival Is An Act Of Defiance 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)

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