- 2023-08-03
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MUSIC
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The Frst Teams Up With Eagles of Death Metal for New Song “Murderabilia”
American indie rock musical project The Frst teamed up with American rock band Eagles of Death Metal to release a new song “Murderabilia” on August 2, 2023.
The song is the follow-up to the collaborative song “Bruce Lee” with Kellin Quinn and Bronnie, featuring Sleeping With Sirens, which was released back in June.
The track was written by Mikei Gray, and produced by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount.
The Frst's founder Mikei Gray said of the song, “I found out about the concept of Murderabilia from listening to the band, Acid Bath. The cover of one of their records is a painting by John Wayne Gacy. That led me down a rabbit hole into discovering that Murderabilia was when items are taken from murders or crime scenes and sold. I thought that was kind of sick, and it motivated me to write the song in a really rapid fashion. I felt like more people needed to know about this...It was such an honor to work with Jennie and Jesse. The EODM are one of my favorite bands, it's still such a trip.”- Eagles of Death Metal's member Jennie Vee said, “I left for a few weeks to go to the UK for a tour but when I got back we had time to go into the studio to do the vocals. I recorded with my friend Josiah at The Cave studio. I had to work with him on his schedule so Jesse (Eagles of Death Metal) and I could go in on the same day. Josiah did my vocals for my 'Out For Blood' single and mixed them for the 'Wildflower' cover I did with Jesse. He's such a great engineer- he has worked with great artists like Deap Vally, Jesus and Mary Chain, Smashing Pumpkins etc. Our riffing at the beginning - was 100% improvised! Jesse and I were talking about how awesome it was!!! Thank you for inviting me to be a part of the song!”
Jessie Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal added, “one of the sweetest recording sessions...” -
Photo by Kris Cagle (left side) - source : Apple Music
