Released 26th March 2021 via Blitzcat Records
Pre-save the EP HERE
South London punks PLAY DEAD are pleased to announce the release of their debut EP, Skint, on 26th March 2021 via Blitzcat Records.
As a taster of the EP, the band are sharing lead single ‘Shaun’—their wry ode to bassist Ollie’s nan’s boyfriend—which is out now on good digital service providers.
Stream Lead Single ‘Shaun’ HERE
Commenting on the track, the band say:
“It’s a story about Ollie’s nan’s boyfriend, a gentle giant with a short fuse who got arrested for punching a man off his bike in Brixton. He enjoys pies, pints and Coldplay.”
Born out of pre-pandemic bedroom boredom, PLAY DEAD are three teenagers from Herne Hill with sharp tongues and an appetite for noise influenced by The Chats, Slaves, IDLES, The Streets, Shame, and Sleaford Mods.
Rattling along with the time-tested nihilistic ambivalence of youth, PLAY DEAD’s music is the very definition of punk rock in 2021—a breakneck, brash, unapologetic and honest ride through the underbelly of modern life in the UK, from the perspective of a generation whose future has been carelessly tossed aside.
Still at the unbearably tender age of 16, the boys first announced themselves with tongue-in-cheek and widely praised 2020 debut single ‘Whitstable’.
Championed by Steve Lamacq (BBC 6Music), Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1) and Abbie McCarthy (BBC Introducing in Kent), the trio returned most recently with the ferocious ‘Six Hours Later’—a track about overdosing on ADHD pills and accepting the sweet release of death, only to awake the next morning fit and well to find a goodbye video you’d recorded for your friends on your phone, and subsequently having to face the music in school.
Ah, to be young again…
Debut EP Skint is released 26th March 2021 via Blitzcat Records
Skint tracklist:
1. Hide
2. Skint
3. Shaun
4. Brockwell Park
5. The Drip
PLAY DEAD are:
Joe Blair – Guitar & vocals
Ollie Clarke – Bass & backing vocals
Louis Englefield – Drums
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