DEATH THING - 2026
Feat. Amanda Palmer & Coco Karol Editor - James Del Production - Michael McComiskey
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This video features hundreds of personal objects mailed to me by my patrons around the globe.
I asked them to send things they wanted to get rid of; I promised to burn everything myself. People mailed whole wedding gowns, love letters, stripper heels, diplomas, adoption papers, dog tags, family photos, old toys; there was a child’s single shoe.
Some objects arrived with letters of explanation; some just arrived.
Sometimes it was more heartbreaking not to know.
Death Thing was the closing track on my 2019 album “There Will Be No Intermission”, and it never “got” a music video even though it was one of my favorite songs. It was written in 2017, shortly after I had a difficult miscarriage at three months, and after losing my best friend to cancer, and it was about the uncanny feeling of getting too good at grief. Little did I know what was in store for us all in 2020.
Wherever you are, may you find the strength to burn what needs to be burned; may you march nakedly into the future, phoenix-like. Hold onto your friends, sometimes they’re the only ones who can carry you out of hell.
I love you.
-Amanda
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Thanks to Coco Karol; this was so much more than a performance. Thanks to Michael McComiskey for midwifing this megafire. Thanks to Mike Lavin and the Woodstock Fire Department.
“Death Thing” is the final track on “THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION”, which was crowdfunded via https://www.patreon.com/amandapalmer/
Listen/download here: https://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/album/there-will-be-no-intermission
Song/Lyrics, Piano, Voice: Amanda Palmer Orchestration/arrangement: Jherek Bischoff Mixing, Producer: John Congleton Synthesizer/beats: Max Henry …… Solo Tour Dates: Wed, July 29 - Padua, Italy - Anfitheatro del Venda Thu, Aug 6 - Stockholm, Sweden - Slaktkyrkan Sat, Aug 8 - Hamburg, Germany https://amandapalmer.net … With The Dresden Dolls: Tues, Sept 1 - Vienna, AT - Arena Open Air Wed, Sept 2 - Warsaw, PL - Progresja Fri, Sept 4 - Prague, CZ - Archa Theatre - SOLD OUT Sat, Sept 5 - Berlin, DE - Huxleys - SOLD OUT Mon, Sept 7 - Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg Tues, Sept 8 - Paris, FR - Elysée Montmartre Thu, Sept 10 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall Fri, Sept 11 - London, UK - British Airways ARC Sat, Oct 3 - Los Angeles, CA - The United Theater Broadway Tues, Oct 6 - Sacramento, CA - Channel 24 Wed, Oct 7 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield Fri, Oct 9 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Sat, Oct 10 - Seattle, WA - 5th Avenue Theatre Tues, Oct 27 - St Paul, MN - The Palace Theatre Thu, Oct 29 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed Fri, Oct 30 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall Sat, Oct 31 - Montréal, QC - Théâtre Beanfield Fri, Dec 4 - Boston, MA - The Colonial Theatre Sat, Dec 5 - Boston, MA - The Colonial Theatre Wed, Dec 9 - New York, NY - Brooklyn Paramount https://dresdendolls.com
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