VENUS GRRLS are looking to make a huge stir with the release of a new EP, brimming with intrigue and intensity.

Titled ‘To Die As Lovers May’, it will be released on October 16 via Killabop.

The band had this to say about the release:

‘To Die as Lovers May’ is an exploration of death, love, and viscera. Drawing heavily on dark romanticism, it explores the beauty amongst the macabre and the vision that lives amidst the fog. Combining the melancholy of 90s grunge with haunting 80s goth, ‘To Die as Lovers May’ is an ode to the more peculiar and darker corners of the human experience, both in life and after death. With influences from 19th-century literature and twisting the tales of mythology, the story told is one of romance, decay, and acquiescence.”

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is more like this:

1. Eve
2. Carmilla
3. Mother Knows
4. Evergreen
5. Wormfood

The EP will feature the already unleashed ‘Eve’, as well as the freshly unveiled ‘Mother Knows’.

An atmospheric, riff-heavy, seductive slice of enrapturing rock and roll, it is a track inspired by the legend that Frankenstein author Mary Shelley once had sex on top of her mother’s grave.

Vocalist GK had this to say about it, explaining, “There’s a lot of discourse and nuances to whether this truly happened, but the alleged event really struck me visually and immediately inspired me to narrate it lyrically. Toying with some imagery in her iconic novel, Frankenstein, I wanted there to be a double entendre within the lyricism. Her written character, Victor Frankenstein, brought flesh to life, and I liked the idea of passion and sex also metaphorically bringing flesh to life, too.”

Whilst guitarist Eliza Lee had this to say about the instrumental:

“I got to channel some of my inner 70s rock god by bowing the guitar on the bridge, “ she says of one of the more ethereal moments in the track. “I’ve always loved the haunting effect you can get with a violin bow that I don’t really think you can replicate with gadgetry, it felt like the right move for the graveyard ambience of the song.”

The band will also be heading out on a headline tour to see out the year in style. Here are the dates:

OCTOBER

28 – GLASGOW Audio
29 – NEWCASTLE Cluny 2
30 – STOCKTON Georgian Theatre 
31 – NOTTINGHAM Bodega

NOVEMBER

02 – BRISTOL Exchange
03 – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
04 – LONDON The Lower Third
06 – LIVERPOOL 02 Academy 2
07 – LEEDS Belgrave Music Hall