Chosen by Monk
The Glasgow alt-punk nu-metallers will be inviting us to eat their dust when they release their new EP next month, from which this is the second cut to be released by way of whetting our appetite.
Speaking about the song, which follows the release of the EP’s title track earlier this year, singer Anna Shields told us:
‘Freak Like Me’ is a love letter to the outsiders in society – the ones who never quite fit the mould and stopped trying to. It’s about owning every bizarre, messy, sexy, beautiful part of who you are, and finding your people in that chaos.
I was really inspired by the energy of The Priory bar [in] Glasgow, where we used to hang out and play our first gigs – sweaty, loud, full of young musicians and misfits just being unapologetically themselves. There was this unspoken understanding that no one had to pretend. That’s the spirit I wanted to bottle in this track — a space where being a ‘freak’ isn’t just accepted; it’s celebrated.
Speaking about the EP – their first body of work since 2024’s debut album, ‘Ignore This’ (which we all did at our infinite peril), Shields and producer/guitarist Blair Crichton elaborated:
We’re stepping into a whole new era of Dead Pony — one that feels bigger, bolder, and more unapologetically us than anything we’ve ever done before. We’ve pulled heavily from our early 2000s influences, but this isn’t about looking back — it’s about reshaping that nostalgia into something that feels fresh, unpredictable, and completely our own.
“More than anything, we wanted this EP to be a statement. There’s chaos and energy running through every track, but underneath it is a band pushing themselves to evolve. We’ve gone further with our songwriting, taken more risks in the studio, and allowed ourselves to experiment in ways we never have before.
This is us stepping outside our comfort zone and fully committing to it.
- ‘Eat My Dust!’ will be released on 15 May via ADA.
- Dead Pony will play the Slam Dunk weekender over 23-24 May and then will head out on a short headline tour:
