Death Instinct - The Offerings

Death Instinct - The Offerings E.P - Post-Punk / Shoegaze The Death Instinct debut E.P. "The Offerings" is out now! Limited to 100 professionally mastered cassettes. The Offerings by DEATH INSTINCT Death Instinct is a three-piece post-punk and shoegaze band formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2015. The group has performed in Pittsburgh since 2015, honing their live performance skills, garnering praise from local press and earning the opening slot for acclaimed national acts such as Black Marble, Adult, and Sextile. The band's music has been compared to the Chameleons, Joy Division, the Soft Moon, and the Jesus and Mary Chain. Death Instinct utilizes reverb-drenched guitars, tribal drum rhythms, and prominent, melodic basslines. The band integrates traditional post-punk, noisy shoegaze, darkwave, gothic rock, and psych rock in moods that range from chaotic and tense to hypnotic and ethereal. The band sonically ranges from loud, motoric-driven tribal sensibilities of early Dead Can Dance and Swans to the delicate, reverb guitar sounds of the Chameleons and Soft Kill. However, a controlled intensity is a cohesive element throughout all tracks. Lyrically, the four tracks of the Offerings E.P. are written in a stream of consciousness style depicting themes of personal loss and alienation in the postmodern age but contain threads of hope, optimism, and resolve underneath. The band's musical influences include the previously mentioned artists as well as the live show dynamics of A Place to Bury Strangers. The live performance is an essential element to Death Instinct. The band rejects the notion of live music as artists "performing" for an audience and instead aspires to create an immersive auditory and sensory experience. The group's live shows are meant to be a cathartic experience that transcends everyday life. In an ideal world, the band seeks to eliminate the wall between creator and listener. - Blauerosen webzine Death Instinct is releasing their debut E.P. "The Offerings" on Pittsburgh's Play Alone records in 2019. The E.P. was recorded and mixed by the artists themselves. The first and leading single "Secret Gardens" is an upbeat synth-driven track about emotional loss and hope. Jon M. - Vocals, Guitar, and Synths  Lynn P. - Bass James V. - Drums  All Songs Written and Recorded by Death Instinct Mastering by Dan Randall @ Mammoth Sound Mastering  Artwork/Layout by Death Instinct Photo by: Raquel Petersen    DEATH INSTINCT LYRICS: Secret Gardens i’m on the floor again same place as when you went away sometimes i watch the rain and think of all i could say nothing grows in the dark but the flowers of pain i take the hands of fate secret Gardens await tomorrow is another day it’s never too late to seize the day   Nightlands we come to life  at night inside the dark alley ways your mind’s a drug that comes to life open your eyes look up to the sky just open your eyes tonight tonight the hunger grows the feeling the feeling you know inside the places you feel your mind is the only thing that’s real and open your eyes look up to the sky just open your eyes tonight   Hide i’ve gone as far as i can go gone farther than you’ll ever know i’ve dragged myself up a hill time and time again i cannot hide from what lies inside my mind the curtains drawn, an atrocity on display the broken parts of me casualties today walking into unknown ways self deception begins again and again and i cannot hide from what lies inside my mind x2   The Eye there’s a spectre haunting me another side another me shadows they hide away don’t know if i’ll be set free into the eye of madness fall away i’ve seen this place before all memories fall to the floor going through the open door walking forward forevermore   Check out our other shoegaze albums here.