Experimental grindcore band Tina Fey shared Dead in a Boat, their final single off the album Victory Lap, accompanied by a self-directed video from members Kevin Vance and Logan Nichols. The track channels a relentless, disquieting intensity, sustaining a sense of unease from start to finish.
The band traces the song back to an earlier iteration of the project: "This is currently the oldest surviving Tina Fey song, written when we were a two-piece (Logan and Shon). It’s really about experiencing a never-ending cycle of failure, with no benefit or payout. Not that any of us have ever experienced that, but it feels that way sometimes. What if?"
On the production and recording, they comment: "This song was actually recorded and named by Jim Marlowe. It’s poor practice but we never name any of our songs or write lyrics until the exact final moment when we have no other choice. Most of the tracks on this album just have stand-in names as a formality. We didn’t know what to call them. Jim saved this one as “Dead in a Boat” in the studio so we kept it."
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