Post-goth band, Vitamin Dead, are based just along the coast from me in Brighton. Their latest release offers up 'Paracetamol' which is very welcome. To be quite frank, some days, after listening to an endless stream of white noise and bad, dad rock, I could do with a little head remedy.
The song is definitely a guitar rollick; with thundering drums and non-angelic backing vocals completing the intensity of sound. They say the track is "a jolly little ditty about bad advice" - and Vitamin Dead certainly prescribe the rather alarming cure of “4 packets of paracetamol” with much perseverance. So much so, that the main vocal refrain feels a little like a tablet sticking in your throat - in that manner, the piece is a tad short on lyrical variation. However, you have to give the band their due, you cannot deny that they relentless in their approach - and 'Paracetamol' does leave you feeling much better.
LINK: Vitamin Dead