Our new single 'SPACE DUST' is out now!
The most popular track on the Listening Post this week is Dead Anyway’s Space Dust. Effortlessly painting the scene of the long school summer holidays, placed in time by the titular popping candy. I love its dry humour, edge of danger, and those driving jazzy beats. And, AND, it ends on a punchline! “You might marry Mickey Dolenz. Or Pete Duel. You’ve already got the hat.” Utterly brilliant, bonkers, 98 seconds of pure genius. Love it!
Review courtesy of Steve Harris @ Fresh On The Net
ABOUT
DEAD ANYWAY are Kate Arnold (lyrics/vocals) and Marc Symonds (beats/instruments).
Both are from Gloucestershire UK
"We knew each other from our previous bands during the 1990s and mid 2000s and started working together as DEAD ANYWAY in late summer of 2019 after a chance meeting at a gig. Marc was already getting into recording techniques in his home studio and asked me if he could practice recording voices by getting me to read some of my poetry".
Five EPs and their debut album 'Trip Switch Lips' followed during 2020, all were recorded during lockdowns using one take vocal performances recorded into a mobile phone.
"I'm hearing quite a bit of poetry set to beats at the moment and no-one is doing it better than D.A. They've been quietly releasing absolutely banging EPs over the past year, each one better than the last. Kate's poetry is angry, funny, clever and occasionally heartbreaking. With a keen ear and turn of phrase, she holds a mirror up to today's world in all its sickness and absurdity while Marc's musical experiments are endlessly surprising, beats and hooks that brilliantly underpin and never detract from Kate's words. Their debut album is stunning". Michael J Sheehy
LISTEN
A phenomenal mix of poetry, electronica and guitars. It would be a very sensible idea for you to listen to this now. Go and download this now!
Stephen Morris 'songs in the key of...' Podcast
THE RECEIVER - EP
1.
The Receiver 02:16
2.
Sonnet 02:10
3.
Dead Anyway 02:57
4.
Reptilian 01:54
Released March 2020 Artwork by Andy Lewis
THIS TENDENCY - EP
1.
Karma Schmarma 02:57
2.
This Tendency 02:15
3.
My Hangman 02:30
4.
This Deconstruction 02:38
Released May 2020 Artwork by Andy Lewis
IDIOT BROAD - EP
1.
The Swab 02:28
2.
Cats and Dogs 02:38
3.
Idiot Broad 03:16
4.
Smoke Rings 02:05
Released June 2020 Artwork by Andy Lewis
WHIPPING BOY - EP
1.
Whipping Boy 02:22
2.
Two Cars 02:50
3.
Honey 02:23
4.
110% (#1) 01:57
Released July 2020 Artwork by Andy Lewis
B SIDES & ODDITIES - EP
1.
Resolve My Issue 02:07
2.
Flutter On Your Signal 02:31
3.
There Must Be Others 02:40
4.
Don't Stop, Go! 03:03
Released Nov 2020 Artwork by Max Tops
TRIP SWITCH LIPS - LP
1.
Trip Switch Lips 01:19
2.
Tube Guy 01:51
3.
This Battlefield 02:20
4.
Yo-yo Powder 02:16
5.
The Nerve Centre 02:20
6.
Have You Gone? 01:08
7.
8.
Our Biology 02:39
9.
A Good Day 01:05
10.
Cowboy Girl 02:28
11.
The Now 02:13
12.
The Lovely Divers 02:32
13.
This Is Not A Drill 04:36
Released Dec 2020 Artwork by Suzanne Barrett
DOLL HEAD - SINGLE
This track got me in ten seconds flat! The brilliant, abrasive Doll Head by Dead Anyway. Tom Robinson @ BBC Radio 6 MusicDistorted guitars over a breakbeat and synths, great use of chopped-in samples, it messes with your head but in a good way! I love Kate Arnold’s voice.1.
Doll Head 01.49
Released May 2021 Artwork by Suzanne Barrett
ARE WE DOING THIS? - LP
1.
The Metaphor 02:04
2.
Why Am I Like This? 02:53
3.
Doll Head 01:49
4.
Stretch Armstrong 03:07
5.
Two Mirrors 02:33
6.
Space Dust 01:37
7.
Black Snow 02:04
8.
The Lottery 02:36
9.
Frankenstein 02:22
10.
Taxidermy 02:07
11.
Bone Deep 02:28
12.
Tinkerbell 02:35
Released June 2021 Artwork by Suzanne Barrett
