Dead Meat by Pain Magazine

Pain Magazine (Birds in Row + Maelstrom and Louisahhh + Quentin Sauvé) releases their second single “Dead Meat”
Pain Magazine, the thrilling new union of industrial techno duo Maelstrom and Louisahhh with post-hardcore trio Birds in Row and singer-songwriter Quentin Sauvé, unleashes their new single 'Dead Meat' through raw rhythms and stark melodies.

The most approachable track on their forthcoming record, Violent God (Humus Records Oct 3, 2025), 'Dead Meat' fuses rage with clarity, driven by insistent power pop guitars and unshakable hooks.

"It's about waking up to an addictive relationship crumbling, the feeling of being sick and tired of being sick and tired," says lyricist and vocalist Louisahhh. The declaration "I'm done with your emotional labor/thought that was love but not anymore" echoes writer Audre Lorde's examination of gendered emotional burden—though relationship dysfunction transcends such boundaries.

Unlike anything in the members' past catalogs, this single encapsulates an emotional urgency and a melancholic beauty with a punk attitude that is becoming the signature of Pain Magazine.

Dead Meat is available on all platforms, especially Bandcamp, on June 13, 2025.
Pain Magazine is on tour this fall

Tracklist

1.	Dead Meat	3:14

Lyrics

Passive Aggression was my first love language
A subtle kind of violence
I used to carry this rage like a blood-filled egg
Hold it close but not too tight
I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through
Like A knife
So sweet
Licking honey off a razor
Dead meat
Blowing kisses to a brick wall
I’m done
With your emotional labor
No fun
I don’t want that life anymore
Can’t believe I used to feel like that
I thought you were everything
Sitting on a bar stool nodding along
I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through
Now I’m gone
So sweet
Licking honey off a razor
Dead meat
Blowing kisses to a brick wall
I’m done
With your emotional labor
No fun
I don’t want that life anymore
I said: I’ve never done things like this
I’m not that kind of girl
A dawn taxi across the bridge
I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through I follow through
It’s a purge
So sweet
Licking Honey off a razor
Dead Meat
Blowing kisses to a brick wall
I’m done
This is not what I came for
Thought that was love
But not anymore

Credits

released June 13, 2025
Written and composed by Louisa Pillot, Joris Saïdani, Jérémie
Hirigoyen, Joan-Mael Péneau, Quentin Sauvé
Produced by Joris Saïdani
Recorded by Joris Saïdani
Mixed by Joris Saïdani
Mastered by Alex DeYoung
Label & Distribution - Humus Records
Publishing - Orage

Joris Saïdani – Drums, Synth, Production
Louisa Pillot – Vocals
Bart Balboa – Guitar, Synth
Quentin Sauvé – Guitar, Bass
Joan-Mael Péneau — Drum machines, Synth, Modular synth

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