Defences release new music video for ‘Death Of A Dream’
DEFENCES have released a new music video!
The new single, Death Of A Dream, follows the British alt-metal band’s recent collaboration with SKINDRED frontman Benji Webbe on More Of Us (Than There Are Of Them) and comes ahead of their role supporting FUTURE PALACE on their upcoming UK tour, which kicks off in November.
Speaking about the new single, vocalist Cherry Duesbury says, “sometimes you have to allow an old dream to die to make space for a life that actually feels like yours. Death Of A Dream is the product of laying some of my deepest desires and wishes to rest. It’s all about the difference between subconsciously leaving a dream behind and fully accepting that the path has closed, which is made exponentially harder when what you’re leaving behind is a future you once believed you wanted above all else. While there is real grief in that realisation, the whole point of this song is that self-actualisation is a violent, destructive act that is necessary to allow the creation of a new life from the ashes of an old one.
The writing process for Death Of A Dream almost felt supernatural in how quickly and clearly the lyrics came to me, which is fitting given it was written on the summer solstice! ‘I get to decide how I wanna show up’ was the first line I wrote and it wasn’t just a hook, it was the thought the entire song grew from. It was almost as if my future self was telling me what I needed to hear in that moment following a total upheaval in my life and the birth of a new chapter. It was a refreshing change to stop thinking about how I reach self-acceptance and instead to start enjoying the fact that I had already achieved it. This whole song feels like a future version of myself telling me to stop searching for absolution, to choose myself, take up space and step into who I am. I can hear that voice telling me: ‘You’re already here, so start acting like it!'”
Watch the official music video for Death Of A Dream here:
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