Like an iron lung
Keeping me alive
I’d rather you sold my soul
Than keep on dragging me behind
Dead Astronauts‘ music belongs to empty roads, dim apartments, old televisions glowing in otherwise dark rooms, and those uneasy moments when memory begins editing the past without permission. Get Lost, the first single from the duo’s forthcoming fifth album, Shallow Grave, catches Jared Kyle and Slade Templeton at their most immediate, turning emotional depletion into forward movement.
A steady electronic rhythm carries the song through layers of synthesizer, guitar, and distant atmosphere, creating the sensation of traveling quickly without knowing whether the destination offers rescue or ruin. Kyle’s voice remains cool at the surface, though the performance contains the fatigue of someone who has surrendered so often that submission has started to resemble identity. The melody rises with enough grace to feel liberating, even as the words describe a relationship built upon consumption, control, and gradual erasure.
The speaker recognizes the damage and still offers everything, wandering into some final expanse for the person responsible. Love becomes a life-support machine, preserving the body while stripping away the self. Each repetition deepens the central anxiety: once the beloved has taken, shaken, broken, and rearranged every available part, what could possibly remain?
The drums supply restless momentum, while the surrounding textures stretch outward with the scale of a lost science-fiction transmission. There is romance in the distance, though it comes with the cold knowledge that devotion may be another word for disappearance. The result feels suited to a crowded club where everyone dances privately, carrying some absent face through the room.
The accompanying video pushes the song further into strange ceremonial territory. Masked figures gather around Kyle as disembodied hands reach toward him, eager to touch his clothing as though proximity might transfer meaning, status, or salvation. The imagery raises an uncomfortable question about identity and approval: are we shaped by our own desires, or assembled from the validation offered by strangers? Presented through degraded retro footage, the clip resembles a VHS tape discovered in an attic. Its grain, distortion, and occult pageantry make the performance feel preserved from another era, yet the hunger at its center is painfully current.
Watch the video for Get Lost below:
Get Lost finds Dead Astronauts entering Shallow Grave with clarity and confidence. It is a song about offering yourself to someone who may leave nothing behind, then following them anyway…sometimes the final dance begins before either person admits the room is empty.
Listen to Get Lost below and order the single here.
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