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Playing Dead

by MOLLYANNA

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Jagged guitar work meets haunting vocals and ethereal orchestral strings - MOLLYANNA’s latest single is their most ambitious offering yet.

‘Playing Dead’ is the second single from their new album Archaeology, due for release on November 1, 2019. The album is about the year singer Bernadette spent in therapy dealing with the after-effects of abuse. “In my first session, my therapist warned me that it would feel worse before it started to feel better, and sure enough, for a while it felt like Pandora’s box had opened in my brain and all these demons had spilled out onto my brain. The songs on Archaeology are my attempt at dealing with each one.”

In May 2019 the band launched their first ever crowdfunding campaign to help them cover the costs of making the record. Fans jumped at the chance to pre-order the record, as well as many other unique and limited edition items - smashing the band’s initial target in just three days. The campaign’s success was down to the raw and honest way MOLLYANNA told their story.

‘This track was a really hard song to write and it’s even harder to write about now. Abuse is insidious because those who do it are often really good at making you feel like it’s your fault, and even like you should feel sorry for them. It messes with your head and you question yourself, feel ashamed, think about what you should have done differently. I knew I wanted to write about this for a really long time but it took me a while to be brave enough’

‘Playing Dead’ is proof that beauty can emerge from the most chaotic of places, which is something singer Bernadette and guitarist Mike know very well. During their friendship, they have stitched together their contradictory influences to create alternative music that is deep, dark and wild. The pair began MOLLYANNA as a duo in 2016, but since then, with the help of bassist Joshua Roberts and drummer Laura Moakes, they have grown into an alt-rock band unlike any other. Their music is for the outsiders - those on the fringes with a story to tell.

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LYRICS:
Blood on his fur dripping down to his feet
With each shallow breath he bares the sharpest of teeth
Desperate but wounded he keeps his eyes on me
I am no match for him, I'm growing weak

I play dead

I raise my voice but the noise won't come out
He grabs me by the neck and I'm thrown to the ground
Arms raised, I'm bracing to resist his weight on me
Just moments to choose do I run, fight or freeze?

Lines in your face deepen with rage
Do you feel better now? Do you feel better?

Animal instincts take over my core
My body doesn't feel like it's mine anymore
He's left me alone but I don't feel like I've won
I bite my tongue until I can taste blood

Lines in your face deepen with rage
Do you feel better now? Do you feel better?
Lines in your face deepen with rage
I couldn't tell anyone - in a way I deserved it

I play dead... I play dead...

Lines in your face deepen with rage
I couldn't tell anyone - in a way I deserved it
You cut me open and told me I'm broken
I begged you not to carry on but that's the way you preferred it

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released October 4, 2019
Written and arranged by Michael Hukins and Bernadette Dales. Lyrics by Bernadette Dales. Performed by MOLLYANNA: Laura Moakes (drums), Joshua Roberts (bass), Michael Hukins (guitars) and Bernadette Dales (vocals/violin). Additional strings performed by Ben Eckersley and Sarah Price.

Recorded by Michael Hukins, except for drums, which were recorded by Daniel Jeffery of Treehouse Studios.

Mixed and mastered by Mark Mynett (Mynetaur Productions).

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Singer Bernadette Dales and guitarist Mike Hukins have stitched together their disparate and contradictory influences to form rock music that is at once wild, vulnerable and volatile.
With the help of bassist Joshua Roberts, they have developed into an alt-rock band unlike any other. Their music is for the outsiders - those on the fringes with a story to tell. ... more

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