DEADLETTER

“This is a very good band.... I really, really like it, something different and it's really pricked my ears up” - BBC Radio 1, Greg James

"A band whose records excite the grey matter, and whose live gigs make you feel like you can change the world… they’re corrupting the pop kids of Britain" - BBC6 Music, Steve Lamacq

"For all their moodiness and arch seriousness, Deadletter are ripe for the spectacle." - DIY ★★★★

"tense and lyrically moody, yet danceable tunes nod to Talking Heads and early Happy Mondays as well as Gang Of Four." - Metro

“South London-via-Yorkshire outfit Deadletter’s dose of jazzy post-punk driven by a social conscience and a deliciously dry wit make them the much-needed grit in the oyster on many festival line-ups” - NME

"DEADLETTER have arrived at their purple patch- bringing the wry, part-time-anthropologist lyricism of 20’s post-punk." - So Young

“Funky post-punk in the style of Talking Heads” - The Times

Following recent track ‘The Snitching Hour’ which was added to BBC6 Music’s A-List, DEADLETTER share new single ‘Degenerate Inanimate’ via SO Recordings.

Fresh off the back of performing at this year’s Glastonbury, the new release sees the six-piece reach new levels and cement themselves further as one of the hottest acts around. The self-coined term “degenerate inanimate” refers to someone you might come across who is in no way what they say they are.

On the single, frontman Zac Lawrence says “Degenerate Inanimate alludes to the feeling of betrayal felt when someone close to you is revealed as dishonest to the bone. There's a unique form of unease which arises from having your basic intelligence mocked, as they reveal their complete lack of decency.”

Constantly on the road, DEADLETTER will tour across Europe and the UK throughout the year, and will see them play to some of their biggest audiences to date. Their October headline tour is on-sale now, with the Manchester show already sold-out and a second one added. .

Hailing from Yorkshire, now South London rooted, they channel the droll fury of Gang of Four and the lopsided rhythms of Talking Heads into a strain of vehement post-punk, exploring the darker side of existence through a lens of narrative-driven levity. With members being firm friends from birth, there is an instinctive understanding of movement and danceability to their music worth its weight in gold, whilst never cheapening the nuance and grit of their sound.

Childhood friends Zac Lawrence (vocals), Alfie Husband (Drums) and George Ullyott (Bass) graduated from busking around Yorkshire town centres in their early teens, and moved down into a shared house in South London - prompting the necessity, and allowing them the space to develop their own personal antithesis to the grind of daily life.

After some lineup experimentation, the addition of Will King (Guitar), Sam Jones (Guitar) and Poppy Richler (Saxophone) completed the group. Bound together by a recognition of frenetic energy and rhythm and leaving any wider ideological goal open to interpretation by the listener, DEADLETTER have toured relentlessly throughout the last year, fostering a reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the UK.

DEADLETTER are:

Zac Lawrence - Singer
George Ullyott - Bassist
Alfie Husband - drummer
Will King - Guitarist
Sam Jones - guitarist
Poppy Richler - Saxophonist