TV Death have released their new EP ‘The God, The One and The Devil’.
Speaking of their EP, the band said: “The concept for this EP was centred around taking modern societal issues and painting them with B-horror movie visuals both lyrically and sonically. The songs as well as the music videos all link together to make commentary on societal issues of our time. The pandemic, the cost of living, news cycles, crime, and nuclear armageddon. Linking these themes with a narrative of propaganda and brainwashing to distract the public with these fictitious monsters embodying these concepts to avoid solving the real issues at hand and keeping the power out of sight in the hands of the greedy. The power in the hands of this character and their delusion of grandeur to be the god, the one and the devil.”
To celebrate their EP release, TV Death shared with us 5 tracks that influenced ‘The God, The One and The Devil’.
The Stooges – Search and Destroy | Listen via Spotify
This track hits you in the face like a gatling machine gun. Without mercy, the raw guitar and drums attack with Iggy’s possessed vocals of power and destruction is something I definitely was inspired by in ‘Dr Bloodmoney’. This symbiotic relationship between the music and lyrics of power and nuclear threats of armageddon over punk inspired riffs. Tonally this raw guitar sound on this track was also inspiration for the riff in ‘Village Mentality’ pushing this raw distorted sound till it smacks you in the face.
Television – See No Evil | Listen via Spotify
The new wave art punk sounds of Television shine through on our tracks like ‘Scarecrow’. The interlocking guitar parts weave in and out of each other, rendering the traditional lead and rhythm labels obsolete as they both play around a riff that seems both loose but perfectly crafted. This inspiration comes to light on tracks like ‘Dr Bloodmoney’ where our guitars both anchor and flirt around the song’s riff
Kip Tyler – She’s My Witch | Listen via Spotify
This track just oozes with horror garage rock magic. Something we were very consciously trying to capture on our EP, tracks like ‘Scarecrow’ and ‘When the Wolf Comes Knocking’ using similar lyrical tropes and trying to emulate the horror inspirations of the lyrics within the music. The sleezey yet spooky groove of this track also inspired the main riff of ‘Cold Case’
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Stagger Lee | Listen via Spotify
Nick Cave’s twisted tales in murder ballads are not only lyrically inspiring especially on songs like ‘Cold Case’ but there’s also definitely a certain swagger that stagger lee has that seeps into the bass grooves of songs like ‘When The Wolf Comes Knocking’ of ours
Pixies – Monkeys Gone To Heaven | Listen via Spotify
Pixies are an obvious go to for their iconic guitar dynamics that comes through on songs like ‘Cold Case’ & ‘Village Mentality’. But the lyrical surrealism and expression in the vocals are a big inspiration. The way Black Francis can vocally express the same words yet make you feel completely different. I’ve always loved the ‘And if the devil is 6, then God is 7’ part of this song and I think it probably had an influence on the first line of ‘Dr Bloodmoney’ which later became the title of our EP ‘The God, The One and The Devil’
Listen to TV Death ‘The God, The One and The Devil’ via Spotify: