New Music First! Dead Confederate
Hailing from Athens, Georgia. Dead Confederate play an unruly, ferocious blend of heavy psychedelic tinged rock. Their debut album ‘Wrecking Ball’ is as raucous as the title suggests, with songs that sucker punch the listener with dark melodies and lead singer Hardy Morris’ distinctive Southern drawl.
While their fondness for distorted guitars may have many wanting to class them as a return to the grunge sound that popularised the early nineties, their sound has far more depth than that tag suggests.
Their latest single ‘Start Me Laughing’ – released on 31st May – is the second taken from their debut. A blistering cacophony of guitars, drums and keys, it captures the band at their most frantic. It’s a three and a half minute lament to a love gone wrong with Morris wailing “Waste my time again annoyed, annoyed, annoyed” as the band deliver a shredding wave behind him.
The band are currently on tour across Europe before returning to the UK for Dot to Dot Festival later this month. We caught up with some of the band before their show at Brightons Great Escape festival earlier this month.
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