New York, NY (Top40 Charts) London hardcore punk crew EAT DIRT. have revealed the video for new single 'Moribund', the latest track taken from their underground-hit debut album Death Is Death, out now on Bearded Punk Records.
The record is available to purchase now from https://www.beardedpunk.com
Commenting on the song, front man Ben Mills says: "Moribund is a song about waiting to die, or the feeling of waiting to die. Not progressing, not changing, not growing, and dying psychically. We recorded the vocals separately for this one, so Richie (Cooper, drums) wrote and recorded the chorus, and I wrote and recorded the verses, and neither of us heard it as one song until it was finished. It turned out we both wrote about the same thing. Weird right?"
Alongside the new single, the band are pleased to announce a stretch of November 2019 EU headline tour dates, and a UK headline show at The BlackHeart in Camden, London on November 1st (see below for full listings).
There's no elaborate story surrounding EAT DIRT. What you see is what you get. They're just a bunch of musicians who needed a place, and head space, to get creative, away from the mess of life in modern Britain—this band is an outlet for frustration, anger, and a rising tide of disenfranchisement that's sweeping the country.
Formed in 2015, they've supported Pears, A Wilhelm Scream, The Filaments, Sheer Terror and Death by Stereo, and have fast been making a name for themselves on the UK underground punk scene with their high-energy live shows and no bullsh*t approach.
Death is Death is out now via Bearded Punk Records.
EAT DIRT. LIVE:
07.09.19 - Chinnerys, Southend on Sea (UK)
01.11.19 - London - The Black Heart, Camden (UK)
15.11.19 - MJ Rix - Rixensart (BE)
16.11.19 - Het Debuut - Westerlo (BE)
Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eat-dirt-live-in-camden-tickets-69714739663
Richie Cooper - Drums Ben Mills - Vocals
Dai Williams - Guitar
Javier Gedeon - Guitar
Nathan Lamb - Bass
More info on Death Is Death:
The band's forthcoming debut album Death Is Death was recorded in two studios—the music was laid down at The Silk Mill in Stafford, engineered by Tom "Bash" Bishop, with the vocals and mixing recorded at Monolith Studios in Tottenham, produced by Charlie Wilson. In what seems to be becoming typical fashion from this band, there was no mucking about—the whole album was recorded in a day and a half.
With their self-titled debut EP fuelled by rage against small-minded Brexiteers, and 2018 follow-up Welcome To Shithouse-On-Sea musing on being trapped in a dead end town surrounded by people "too wrapped up in what they don't have to realise what they do", a concept album about death might not necessarily be the obvious next step for the band.
"The album covers a lot of stuff, but it is mainly about death," admits vocalist Ben Mills, grinning maniacally, like The Cheshire Cat. "The lyrics are mostly rooted in the fear of death, the acceptance of it, and coming to terms with the death of friends and family. It all came together quite strangely, we never went out of our way to write a concept album. It just...happened."
In terms of the music, though, it's business as usual for EAT DIRT., and that means fast-as-fuck punk rock with plenty of bile and energy thrown into it. "We're better at it though, I think," muses Mills on the band's development, "We've found a sound on this album for sure. It was almost entirely influenced by the '90s Epitaph Records discography and The Crazy Taxi soundtrack."