Preview – Dead Posey, Thekla, October 15th

Few bands in the modern rock landscape strut the line between swagger and menace quite like Dead Posey. The Los Angeles duo — vocalist Danyell Souza and multi-instrumentalist/producer Tony Fagenson (formerly of Eve 6) — have spent the past few years carving out a dark, cinematic niche that’s equal parts industrial grit, punk bite, and alt-rock anthemics.

Emerging in the late 2010s, Dead Posey first turned heads with a string of EPs (Freak Show, Malfunction) that sounded like they’d been exhumed from some Lynchian underworld: all fuzzy riffs, creeping synths, and Souza’s sultry-snarling vocals. Their songs quickly found a home in cult TV series like Lucifer and Teen Wolf, while their aesthetic — somewhere between cult ritual and midnight movie — set them apart from the pack.

In October 2024, the pair released their long-awaited debut album Are You In A Cult?, a record that takes aim at modern power structures with razor-sharp precision. Across its tracks — from the infectious stomp of “Zombies” to the ominous slow-burn of “Darkside” — Dead Posey dissect manipulation, mass delusion, and digital cults of personality, all while sounding like the house band at the end of the world. A cover of New Order’s “Blue Monday” lands like a sly wink, threading their gothic modernism through an ’80s classic.

On stage, they’re a different kind of beast: feral, theatrical, and dripping in attitude. After festival appearances at Download, Aftershock, Mad Cool and more, Dead Posey are bringing their twisted sermon to UK club stages this autumn. They play Thekla, Bristol, on October 15th — the perfect venue for their swampy, subversive energy to seep into the ship’s wooden hull.

With their cult steadily growing and their debut album still crackling with relevance a year on, Dead Posey aren’t just another alt-rock duo. They’re the storm gathering at the edge of the scene — and they’re about to dock in Bristol.