The Deadmans Release Debut Single 'Nice Kid'

London-based international alt-pop newcomers The Deadmans are delighted to reveal the video for their debut single ‘Nice Kid’, out now via all good streaming services.

‘Nice Kid’ is a phenomenal opening salvo from the outfit—a groove driven, lo-fi cool sleeper hit about the emotional claustrophobia of being in the wrong rooms with the wrong people; an anthemic goodbye to meekness. It’s a ‘looking yourself in the eyes in the bathroom of a lame house party’ wake up call; a slightly drunk, mascara-smudged, panic attack; heels in hand, bare feet on pavement, running away before the door gets bolted shut.

Commenting on the track, lyricist LaurenSage Browning says:

“I spent several years of my twenties trying to shapeshift myself to match the rooms I was in instead of breaking down the door and running to places where I could exist without all the magic tricks. When I was writing ‘Nice Kid’, a few of my lived experiences from being 24 in Los Angeles played on loop in my head. The first: sitting in a swanky Hollywood Hills office working as an executive assistant—staring at the air duct as shots of tequila were poured around me by middle aged men that smelled like tanning lotion—wishing my soul could be sucked out by that air duct and transported to a place that felt less like my antithesis."

“The second: a visceral memory of doing dishes at a house party full of people I had no business knowing. Scrubbing their crumbs down the drain and feeling that moment was rather metaphoric to my own self dissolving. I was a well-mannered midwest kid who had to find my own ability to spit out what was not meant for me. Escaping the places that tried to dull me is what sharpened my teeth enough for me to actually eat my life, not just lick at it passively. Escaping mouse traps is a great way to realize you’re not a mouse afterall.”