WATCH: Official Music Video for ‘Parasite’
A little back story on creating the official music video for ‘Parasite’ in the words of Danyell Souza:
“Music videos and the visual medium are such an important aspect to Dead Posey that we were crushed when hit with the reality that due to the state of the world we would be unable to shoot all the music videos we intended for our EP, Malfunction. However, a few months ago we did a day of filming some video content and did a few takes of performing our song ‘Parasite’ while we were at it. Thanks to that day of shooting using our manager’s camera, we had enough raw footage that we were able to edit it ourselves in iMovie & Final Cut and turn it into the official music video for ‘Parasite’.
Given how everything has been the last few months we were required to do everything with this video completely in-house, when we had originally planned on working with directors and other professionals for our videos. We set up a whole day of shooting, bought all the props and staged the set, rented the location and arranged lighting & camera angles (special thanks to our digital marketing manager Paul Crary for working with us on the shooting day and letting us really hone in on our vision). We are used to doing most everything ourselves with our music anyways – writing, recording, producing, mixing, mastering – so this wasn’t new to us in that regard. Art is created in all types of situations; in this case it was a happy accident that we could concoct a music video on a shoestring budget out of this footage. We hope you enjoy it!”
WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING ABOUT ‘MALFUNCTION’
“Picture a movie directed by David Lynch, with Salvador Dali responsible for the set design, Edgar Allan Poe as principal writer, and Dead Posey providing the soundtrack, and you can begin to understand the journey this short, but perfectly formed EP is about to take you on.” – Metal Talk
“Firstly,’Head of the Snake’; dirty rock, very inventive layers with an excellent build to the chorus. It’s a strong open to start the EP, especially in the lyrical department.” – Distorted Sound Magazine
“The industrial fusion of ‘Parasite’ follows, a riff that grabs you early, industrial drums and a monster chorus which worms into the memory bank and feasts with abandon. The vocals range with riotous shrieks and sultry deep passages, all over a bank of sound that gets the feet tapping from the start.” – The Razors Edge
‘Malfunction’ showcases blackened, gloomily introspective themes, and the duo consciously utilises visual devices to further this tone: in using a jewellery box tune at the beginning of ‘Bad Things’, for instance, to give the track a horror-esque nature while maintaining an edgy sense of wit evocative throughout their work.” – Into The Pit UK
“The EP ends on ‘Holy Roller’, which is my favourite song on the album. The track starts with what sounds like a tape being put into a cassette player, and distorted drums are almost immediately thrown into the mix, alongside a bass that is plucked lowly.”
– The Moshville Times
“Industrial, electro music always manages to sound superb when lurking in the shadows. When it gets really good, though, is when it wraps that around an unashamed pop hook. On the basis that “Malfunction” does exactly that, you’d best keep an eye on Dead Posey as whatever passes for fame in these times could be theirs.” – Maximum Volume
“Such impact with such few releases, it’s staggering just how far Dead Posey has come in such a short amount of time. However, it’s easy to see why. They have such mass appeal and Malfunction is certainly just going to add to that.” – GBHGL
