DREAMERS, a Los Angeles-via-Brooklyn band, that combines grunge, modern electronic pop, and 70s punk, are back with single "Still Not Dead," featuring American Teeth and Wes Period. "Still Not Dead" grapples a sensitive topic - death, over uplifting beats in pure DREAMERS fashion. The song was co-written by DREAMERS, Wes Period, American Teeth’s Elijah Noll and Colin Brittain. It was released on January 15th, 2021. “Still Not Dead” follows DREAMERS’ recent collaborations, such as the dark-pop love song “True Crime” ft. DeathByRomy, and “Heat Seeker” ft. grandson.
The story behind the track is a tragic one. Lead singer of DREAMERS Nick Wold says, "I had to fly to Seattle for a last minute funeral." "One of my closest childhood friends – also named Nick – had just died of drug addiction-related suicide. I flew back to LA later that night and had a writing session with Eijah from American Teeth the next morning. Strangely, it was also the morning that Kobe Bryant died in that helicopter crash, so everyone in LA was in a weird mood. It was a hard time, a surreal sadness, and there was only one topic I could write about on a day like that. So we wrote ‘Still Not Dead,’ which is a song about death."
DREAMERS always have a way to make even the darkest of topics, in this case, death, seem bearable and uplifting. They take dark subjects and put them over melodic beats - a poetic attempt to show that you can be serious and acknowledge the darker parts of life, while still keep a smile. "Still Not Dead" gives a message out that's saying, "I've lost people I love and I've suffered, but you know what? I'm still alive, and there are still good things in this world. I have big dreams and good people in my life. I can carry on."
"My friend Nick was into Buddhism and practicing gratitude, and at the funeral, his parents played a Raffi song he liked called "Thanks A Lot," which is a children’s song expressing gratitude for the world. "Still Not Dead" is our version of that, our gratitude for all the small things and the big things that we have – our thanks for getting to be alive.” - Nick Wold, lead singer of DREAMERS.
"Still Not Dead" is about accepting the fact that we all die, and therefore encouraging the listener to live life to the fullest and show gratitude whenever they can. Unless you're one of the really lucky ones, you've probably experienced the passing of a loved one before, whether it be someone you knew personally, or a famous person you admired, like Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. Grief is hard to handle, there's no other easier way to put that, it's fact. The best thing you can do for yourself and those around you while living with grief is to embrace every day like it's your very last one. Try to live like every day is special, like every little thing and every big thing matters - because it does. You're still not dead, so live like you're alive at the brightest setting.
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