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Dead Nature announces debut album with lead single "Hurricane"

07 April 2021, 12:28 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

Dead Nature, aka former Spring King singer Tarek Musa, has announced his debut album Watch Me Break Apart with new single "Hurricane".

After returning in February with "Red Clouds", Dead Nature is back with news of his debut album Watch Me Break Apart, and has released new song "Hurricane" to accompany the announcement.

Tarek Musa says of the track, "I’ve never been good at being overtly political, I don’t feel smart enough with words to express myself to the level some do, but the song for me was a nudge in that direction. It was a bit of a homage to "Whole Wide World" by Wreckless Eric, with its very brittle and simple guitar intro. It’s a little naïve in its delivery at times, tongue in cheek like the B52’s and full of energy with the edge of a late 70’s Clash song. Like a train picking up speed, I wanted to keep up the momentum of the message to the song and didn’t want many moments of respite."

He adds, "I had only recently moved into my studio and had just finished working with Calva Louise on their EP. It was one evening when I text Jess (lead singer and guitarist) asking if she’d get the train to Liverpool to do some backing vocals. She has such a raw energy that matched the track so well and we put down her vocals in about 25 mins. You can also hear the scuzzy vocals of Joe Wills (producer for Stealing Sheep, Dan Croll and Mikael Paskalev) layered up too."

Watch Me Break Apart will follow Dead Nature's 2019 debut EP Taking My Shadow, and features backing vocals from All We Are's Guro Gikling on multiple tracks.

Tracklist:

  1. Watch Me Break Apart
  2. Hurricane
  3. 50 Foot Wall
  4. Borrowed Heart
  5. Falling Down
  6. Red Clouds
  7. Rivers
  8. Nothing Is Gonna Change
  9. Ladlands
"Hurricane" is out now. Dead Nature's Watch Me Break Apart album will be released via Dead Nature Records on 25 June, and is available to pre-order now.
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