We were super-honoured to host Ukrainian punk trio Death Pill on their UK tour this summer – such a powerful band, incredible performers, and the loveliest of people (Mariana Navrotska, vocals/guitar, Anastasiia Khomenko, drums and Natalya Syeryakova, bass). While the band were over, they found time to re-record some of the tracks in English. The band explain
“In the original first pressing of the Death Pill album, there were 2 Russian-language lyrics songs, which the band recorded before the full-scale invasion of Russia into the territory of Ukraine, and the band didn’t have the opportunity to change these lyrics before the release of the album in 2023.
From February 2022, the band performs its program only in English. We deleted from the story those lines that were written in Russian, and we no longer want to have them in our work. We wanted to change this even before the first release, but it was impossible due to a huge numbers of factors. During the Euro/UK tour in 2023, we had the opportunity to re-record the vocals for these 2 tracks in English. That is why in the second press of the first album we have these 2 new versions of there.”
Watch the lyric video for the new version of ‘Friend’
So, not a repress, but a 2nd edition, with all the fire and vitriol still intact, now the official version of the album from this point on.
For the vinyl, there’s a new lyric inner sleeve design housing a transparent red with white splatter record, and a free download. Limited to 500 copies. The cd version gets a 2nd edition too with an updated 12 page lyric booklet.
Also available on all digital and streaming platforms.
‘Death Pill’ the 2nd edition is out now:
