Influences of the band cover a wide genre of music; however some of their main influences include Radiohead, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Galaxie 500, Movietone, Muse, The Cure and much more.
Formed in the summer of 2004, they found their current line-up early in 2005. Within recent months they have been writing and performing increasingly better and more forward thinking music, and the band has been going from strength to strength.
Throughout 2006 the band spent time gigging relentlessly at venues all over the Midlands area, and during that time provided the band with the chance to support Howling Bells twice, the 1990s and the Tiny Dancers and play at ‘Oxjam Festival’ in London.
The band have also been featured three times on BBC Hereford and Worcester’s ‘The Friday Session’, several times on online radio stations in the ‘Monochrome Museum Global Network’, and on MTV ‘Ones to Watch’ (which was shown repeatedly throughout April and May on MTV2).
In recent months the band have been recording their debut album ‘Complications’) with their humble and very portable home studio equipment; the band finally released the album on Friday 13th April.
Dead Letter Office are currently working on writing and recording their second album. This is due to be finished Autumn 2009.
Dead Letter Office Are:
Benjamin Hiorns (Benj) - Lead vocals/ guitarist
Jevon Davies - Bass/ Backing vocals
James Atkins - Guitar
Harry Bourne - Drums/Backing vocals
Ben Allen (Beef) - Keyboards
Unfortunately, after many years loyal service, Ben Foxall left the band. James Atkins stepped in to guitar duties.
In the late part of 2009 Dead Letter Office decided to disband.
Lust
Dead Letter Office Lyrics
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Before they took my words...
That you may need a murderer
To do your dirty work
And you've got alot to learn
We're creatures of habit and habits are stronger than love...
Or lust.
You're one of us now!
You say our skin is a barrier
Between my bones and yours.
That's why our hearts seem much clearer
On the cooling board.
An illuminated corpse.
We're creatures of sin and ours sins will last longer than love
Or lust.
You're one of us now!
The lyrics of "Lust" by Dead Letter Office are full of dark and macabre imagery. The song seems to be addressing someone whom the singer wants to warn about the dangers of love and lust, and to whom the singer reveals their own past as a murderer. The opening lines suggest that the singer was planning to confess something to the listener, but was unable to do so because "they" took their words. It's unclear who "they" are, but the implication is that the singer was silenced or censored in some way.
The next lines suggest that the listener may need a murderer to do their dirty work. This could be interpreted as a warning that the listener is getting involved in dangerous, immoral behavior. The line "you've got a lot to learn" suggests that the singer knows more than the listener and is trying to educate them. The chorus contains the lines "we're creatures of habit and habits are stronger than love...or lust." This could be interpreted to mean that humans are creatures of habit and that these habits can be more powerful than even our strongest emotions like love or lust.
The following verse continues the macabre theme, with the singer telling the listener that their skin is a barrier between their bones, and that their hearts seem clearer on the cooling board (presumably a reference to a mortuary table). The line "we're creatures of sin and our sins will last longer than love or lust" suggests that the singer believes that humans are inherently sinful and that our sins will outlast even our strongest emotions.
Overall, the lyrics of "Lust" are somewhat cryptic, with a lot of mood and dark imagery but not a lot of concrete meaning. It's possible that the song is a warning about dangerous behavior, or a commentary on the futility of love and lust.
Line by Line Meaning
I was gonna tell you,
I had something to say to you before I lost my ability to communicate
Before they took my words...
Before something or someone prevented me from speaking
That you may need a murderer
You may require someone to commit a violent act on your behalf
To do your dirty work
To perform unsavory or immoral tasks for you
And you've got a lot to learn
You lack knowledge or experience
We're creatures of habit and habits are stronger than love...
Humans often rely on routine and patterns more than emotional attachments
Or lust.
Similarly, sexual attraction may not be as consequential as our daily routines and behaviors
You're one of us now!
You are now a part of our group or mindset
You say our skin is a barrier
You suggest that our physical bodies divide us
Between my bones and yours.
Between our inward bodies
That's why our hearts seem much clearer
This concept allows our emotions to be communicated more easily
On the cooling board.
In the presence of death or a lack of vitality
An illuminated corpse.
A now-deceased body, possibly illuminated by artificial means for observation
We're creatures of sin and ours sins will last longer than love
Our tendency toward wrongdoing is a lasting, rather than fleeting, part of our existence
Or lust.
Even sexual desire can have a greater impact than love
You're one of us now!
Once again, you are now a part of our collective ways of thinking
Contributed by Jeremiah B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.