Empty Banner - "Dead to Me"
Photo by Meg Morris There's just something about the new single from Empty Banner that we can't get enough of. The Hull, England band's latest, "Dead to Me," has this great mixture of both rough and polished. The music has this raw, DIY punk/indie rock sound while the vocals are much smoother and almost pop focused. Mia Ann Stephens is crooning over a buzzy and upbeat sounding track that is dripping with venom. I personally love when a song can carry this much punk attitude without being overtly aggressive, and Empty Banner are experts at pulling this off. Empty Banner say of their latest single: “ for us, this song is for all the bad men in the world who shirk their responsibilities & feel they can get away with it without consequence. As for the record itself, it’s taken a while for us to get it together, having played it live at our gigs in many guises, but now it’s out there, we hope people are going to love it as much as we do. There’s a video for Dead ...