SCORPION TEA Premiere 'They're Thriving Without Us' - New Single Is Out Now

The newest single of the death-rock band (featuring Edley ODowd) from their upcoming LP is out now via GIVE/TAKE

Following their debut 'Scarlet Misquote', Scorpion Tea present the newest single off their upcoming self-titled debut LP

“They're Thriving Without Us,” the second single from Scorpion Tea’s upcoming self-titled album, invokes an atmosphere of pain and isolation as it outlines the journey of a wandering soul who has lost everything. Dripping with moody synthesizers, sparse drums, and melancholy guitars, the song is ultimately carried by singer Anthony Diaz’s desolate and raw vocal performance.

The song is such a stark departure from the band’s first single “Scarlet Misquote,” even the band themselves were pleasantly shocked. The tune was always an outlier as the band prepped material for their sessions at Studio 22 in Los Angeles with Tomas Dolas (Osees). Singer Anthony Edward Diaz states: “It wasn’t until just prior to our trip to LA to record the album that Edley told us that he had ‘fallen in love’ with the orphaned demo track.” That left the singer little time to draft lyrics and melody, but his results stunned the others. "At a complete loss as to how to proceed, I simply cued up the track and pressed record. What came forth was unexpected, and the song became, to me, the ‘lonely little petunia in an onion patch,’” continues Diaz. As the band holed up in a hotel room after a particularly grueling day of travel, Diaz debuted his demo vocals to bassist Fern Puma, guitarist Christian Cruz, and ODowd, watching them all smile, one by one as they heard the song for the first time. At that point, the band collectively knew they had something special.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/vW_Z-Q5ZqTw

The video for “They’re Thriving Without Us” illustrates the story of a person walking away from everything, through an endless canopy of dead trees. Using the wilderness of western New Jersey as a backdrop, the video is rife with psychedelic misdirection. Edley ODowd plays the role of the mask, carefully and slowly demonstrating emotional pain through his movements, while Diaz and Cruz follow suit with their ghostly contortions.

“They’re Thriving Without Us” is once again accompanied by a cinematic remix from GIVE/TAKE labelmates DEATHDANCE, as well as a retro-inspired club remix from Toronto-based producer Employer. The single drops Friday August 18 via GIVE/TAKE.