AIR DRAWN DAGGER reveal new track 'Stigmata' with music video
Upcoming EP ‘Songs To Fight The Gods To’ out 13/10 via Silent Cult Records
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Electro-emo angst-pop trio AIR DRAWN DAGGER have released ´Stigmata’, the second track from their upcoming EP ‘Songs To Fight The Gods To’, alongside a music video.
“‘Stigmata’ is a song about feeling as if fate is against you. Like you're on a path you don't want to be on but it's exactly where you're meant to be. All the fortune tellers in the world are telling you the same thing but you don't want to believe it so you just keep swinging against the hand you've been dealt. This is denying your destiny, this is Stigmata.” says vocalist Maisie.
The accompanying music video, directed by Aaran Mckenzie of While She Sleeps, follows Maisie on her way to a video shoot. Using POV and reverse POV camera angles, the narrative illustrates how fate can work against you and how your own choices can be self destructive, only making the situation worse.
The upcoming ´Songs To Fight The Gods To’ EP, out 13 October via Silent Cult Records, was recorded with Neil Kennedy (Creeper, Boston Manor) at The Ranch Studios. The five new tracks cover topics of decrowning the patriarchy, the uncertainty of destiny, and rallying against a capitalist hellscrape, and embrace influences from 2000s Emo, such as My Chemical Romance and Paramore, to the 808 beats and synth elements of hip-hop and EDM production. Also heavily influenced by ancient mythology and narratively, the EP follows the journey of one person's battle at a fabled mountain, to stand face to face and destroy their gods.
Lewis and Maisie began writing songs in the back of a Cake Shop in Sheffield before they cut their teeth winning over diverse crowds, from old punks at Hardcore shows to young couples in Tapas restaurants, with their huge pop hooks, melancholic guitars, and earnest emotion. With a DIY North American Tour under their belt, the Sheffield-based band have been building a universe through their music videos, selling out shows, and getting added to playlists such as ‘Pop Punk Generation’, ‘Emo Anthems‘, ‘Underground Mixtape’ and ‘All New Rock’.
The band embrace not fitting in, which resonates with their fan base and has built an organic community. The genre-melting ensemble use gigs as a space to welcome those that don’t belong anywhere else, and to celebrate the darker side of people; in one big therapeutic party.
‘SONGS TO FIGHT THE GODS TO’ EP TRACKLISTING:
1. You Should Have Known Better
2. Title Fight
3. GhostsGhostsGhosts (Phantoms)
4. Stigmata
5. The Collapse of Mount Plethora
CATCH AIR DRAWN DAGGER LIVE:
25 Oct - Cluny 1, Newcastle (supporting Millie Manders & The Shutup)
26 Oct - Broadcast, Glasgow (supporting Millie Manders & The Shutup)
27 Oct - Bodega, Nottingham (supporting Millie Manders & The Shutup)
AIR DRAWN DAGGER ARE:
Maisie (Vocals)
Lewis (Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Ross (Drums)
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