Post-punk bands sure do love listing things. On Telehealth’s new single “Things I’ve Killed,” the Seattle group is listing off — yes, you guessed it — things they’ve killed. Golf course? Killed. Credit score? Killed. Botox? Killed.
OK, it makes a lot more sense with Telehealth’s explanation:
The title of the song came after we found a subreddit devoted to blaming millennials for killing entire industries, right down to mayonnaise. We loved the visceral premise in contrast to the absurd accusations so much that while demoing it, we started mocking the idea as a millennial hit list in a breathless cadence inspired by the R.E.M. classic “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It.”
It kind of took off from there, turning the accusations into a spiraling chant of brand names, culture wars, and economic buzzwords (no one really knows what they mean!!!). What began as a joke slowly became a portrait of modern doomscrolling, where genocide, cute puppies, and economic collapse sit side by side with every swipe. Equal parts satire and self-indictment, it’s a danceable purge full of cheap thrills and guillotines that begs the question: is it kill or be killed in the attention economy?
The track comes from Green World Image and follows last month’s “Cool Job.” It’s accompanied by a music video directed by Eleanor Petry; watch below.
Green World Image is out 5/15 via Sub Pop.
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