Grave Goods - 'Come'
Grave Goods burst onto the scene in a blaze of lustrous glory with track ‘Come’.
An industrial ticking starts Grave Goods newest single ‘Come’. Fiery, tension-building guitars thrust upon you a harmony most violent. The kind that sets a crowd off - ready to throw their bodies around in a primal display of rebellion. Having released just two singles before this point, ‘Come’ represents a band hitting their stride. This is a single that occupies a brilliantly satisfying space between the claustrophobic, and the overwhelming. A gritty, hypnotic vocal delivery from lead singer Lois Macdonald dryly sits in production that embraces the angst of the nu-metal era, all funnelled through their own minimalist approach to keep you in suspense. It’s an exciting take on post-punk; conceptual but unrestrained.
It’s accompanying music video is revealing in nature. Four nightmarish jesters cited by the band as “pleasure demons” creep across the screen, drenched in the colours of lust and of passion. Each one serves as a different interpretation of desire; it’s in this conceptual approach to music Grave Goods reveal their potential the most.
Their debut album ‘TUESDAY. NOTHING EXISTS’ is out September 9th and is inspired by Lois Macdonald’s love of existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s novel ‘Nausea’. A exploration of nihilism, of disassociation with the human condition and an obsession with “why?" - truly an exciting place to draw influence from. Grave Goods will be supporting breakout band M(h)aol at The Grace in London on the 19th of July, and if this release is anything to go by, it’s going to be a powerful performance!
Words by Ashley Garrod
