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Shoot The Dead  - Don't Stop Dancing/ Inhuman Single

review by Amy Baker  - added 27/06/2011

 

 

Brighton’s Shoot The Dead release their rocking new single soon and you can see the video by award winning director Shane Ward here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_CjXRYdCWA&feature=channel_video_title

 

They also play the following gig with guest review places available upon request:
Saturday July 16th @ THE HOPE, 11 Queens Road, BrightonBN1 3WA- £4 door (Brighton Single Launch8pm

SHOOT THE DEAD PLUS Support bill of three bands

 

Shoot the Dead

1. Don’t Stop Dancing

2. Inhuman

Released: 27th June

 

www.shootthedead.co.uk

www.recoverworld.com

 

In little more than 12 short months, Shoot the Dead have risen from conception through to one of Brighton’s most exciting new band prospects.

 

Rising up organically through impromptu gigs in Brighton's thriving free party scene, four piece band Shoot the Dead create the kind of dance infused rock music that delivers both style and substance. 

With their unique combination of frenetic rhythms, driving bass, searing guitar riffs and Andi’s phenomenal vocals, they have produced a collection of hook laden tunes, citing collective primary influences as diverse as the Beatles through to the Prodigy and Hendrix through to Orbital.

The band takes their name from a line borrowed from horror maestro George Romero.

"There's all these zombies coming out, covered in blood and someone shouts "shoot the dead" explains the band, who have equally embraced with relish their initials STD, referring to their fans as simply “carriers”. 

Ironically, with all this talk of zombies, Shoot the Dead are very much a live band delivering mesmerizing performances set against a backdrop of thought provoking visuals and eclectic songs that range from the sleazy title defying “Lullaby" through to the more aggressive and hi octane tunes such as “Inhuman” and “Kill Machine Kill”. 

2011 has already been an exciting year for the band having seen off literally hundreds of other bands in the Jar Music national battle of the bands competition winning through to the grand final at the O2 in London and finishing a more than creditable 2nd place, they were asked to headline at Primal Scream’s official London end of tour after party playing to suitably impressed packed house.

 

More recently they have sold out venues in Birmingham, Bournemouthand of course Brightonwith a national tour to follow imminently.

 

And finally, the icing on the cake is the pending release of their debut single “Don’t Stop Dancing” in June which comes with a superb video from award winning director Shane Ward.

www.youtube.com/shootthedeadband

 

The single comes packaged with a “live” version of gig favourite “Inhuman” which was recorded in one take at the Don’t Stop Dancing studio session.

 

Coming soon to a venue near you, this is one STD you need to catch!!!

 

www.shootthedead.co.uk

 

Single Review:

 

I absolutely LOVE Shoot The Dead’s new single ‘Don’t Stop Dancing’. Its lively chorus and catchy beats means you’d be up on that dance floor if you heard this in a club. The vocals are strong and the dance aspect to the indie sound really works. The B side ‘Inhuman’ is darker and a little more electronic sounding, and is a great listen. I also love the lyrics in both tracks; they seem to tell a story. Oh, and the video is pretty cool too! Check them out for yourselves! Superb.

 

Amy Baker



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