DEADSET are a Hull-based post-punk outfit that released their single “BLEAK” last fall via Man Demolish Records.
The track captures the “anxiety and fever that everyone feels around Hull” with a gothic blend of atmospheric dread and passionate fury that feels like a blend of 80s new wave with elements of the post punk resurgence throughout UK/Ireland at the moment.
Speaking on the track the band’s Sam Mellors adds:
“There’s a really prevalent mutual feeling about the area we all live in. Its rife with boredom and it feels like everyone’s stuck in mundane, monotonous cycles here. Most people fall into traps of binge drinking or substance abuse to get away from it. It’s really hard not to fall into that trap when there’s genuinely nothing else to do. There’s still a great community of people here, everyone trying to make it a special place and it will always be a special place to us. But it’s still difficult to get away from the fact a lot of people are struggling
Find the music video for “BLEAK” available to watch now below.
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