After spending hours watching football and talking about music Anth and Matt got around to doing something in autumn 2015. A couple of guitar based jams aided by looped drums (and beer) saw the birth of songs that morphed and changed each time they were played.
The arrival of an old drum machine and fixed up Roland synth added a heavier beat, squelchy acid bleeps and spaced out pads alongside Matt's heavily distorted power chords and crazy riffs.
Live drumming was added for a while which gave a much heavier feel to the music and some flexibility but a return to electronic/programmed drums has allowed layers of sounds and sequences to be integrated into the live sound.
After a well received debut gig in June 2016 You Are The Dead have now played a number of gigs across the North East receiving positive feedback from all who have heard them.
In October the band were included on the recent ZyNG tapes release 'On New Horizons 3' which is a compilation album of up and coming bands. The Bliss/Aquamarine website reviewed the album and described the song 'Joy' as "a hypnotic yet energetic mix of spacerock and pounding electronic dance rhythms"
All in all an exciting 6 months and more to come in 2017!