Drab Majesty - "39 By Design" (Official Video)

[@linde8160]

I'm so pleased that they also casted our old white garden chair.

[@paulguy8779]

What?

[@linde8160]

@@paulguy8779 Just have a closer look.

[@unknownch0sen1]

I'm confused what-?

[@linde8160]

@@unknownch0sen1 Just watch the video sensefully. ;)

[@barclayv8282]

@@unknownch0sen1 Her chair is in the video. It's not a riddle.

[@Bukulmus]

moving into 2024 and still jamming this masterpiece

[@scottsharp1763]

I just discovered it today on my play list randomly tween “the mars Volta” songs, OMJ FREAKING BRILLIANT ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

[@Atman_Rez]

Same bro. I seen them this year opening for Slowdive. Never really heard of them before but after the concert I was in love with them. Huge fan now!!!!!

[@NikkiTrip]

First discovered in 2019 and still jamming to it. :)

[@Hewlett-Packard-Lovecraft]

@@Atman_RezI saw them on this tour and I got the set list signed by Deb!!! Dais records is pure fucking gold.

[@zbridgjpxupzm]

They went totally off track, wish they would make something like this again....

[@cheeseboy777]

As an 80s kid this is like a second childhood.

[@senkster1851]

Fucken A

[@alexharms9145]

Your comment made me happy. And I was born in 1990.

[@diggydude5229]

I haven't been this giddy about a band since I discovered the Cure in the 80s.

[@keithmyers247]

It's like The Cure and Flock of Seagulls had a kid.

[@tonikogorkowy]

yes sir, I feel exactly the same

[@christophermaynard1902]

As an 80s child,... absolutely approve.

[@nobodycares3217]

My cousin was buried in Malcolm's burial plot in Corpus Christi. He died in he same week and his family sold my Uncle the plot at Sea Side Memorial. This happened when I was in 7 the grade and I always held on to this fascination to Heavens Gate hitting so close to home. This song is one of my most favorite songs ever.

[@MorbidRose02]

This is such an ethereal song. I just absolutely love it.

[@1_9_7_5_]

This is legitimately the best piece of music I've heard in my entire 44 years on this planet. Goosebumps everytime.

[@CraigW34v7b9]

Word.

[@harbinger8035]

Joshua Decker sure..

[@dm7170]

It gets better with time, I haven’t listened to it since last fall and I’m surprised at how it engages me now, it’s cleanness is unparalleled.

[@Formelyknownasnone]

Agreed.

[@calamityjayne5026]

❤💃❤

[@BobbyHillGazing]

Lyrics: When you walked alone to leave your life at home You really wanted to die And if you hoped to hold the key to eternity You really wanted to die Can’t count your blessings saying goodbye Did you really watch your desires resign? In the case of a wandering eye And when you fell to Earth and lost the love to love You really wanted to try Can’t count your blessings saying goodbye 39 by design Did they beam you up into the lights in the sky? If you could take a polaroid of your life, would you cry? Would you make them stare into the whites of your eyes? (Eternal point of view) And when you came to turn the hands on the sands of time You really wanted to die And then you showed them how you felt It was so hard to break the spell You just wanted to die Can’t count your blessings saying goodbye Really just a roll of the dice When truth or lies will make you cry Really doesn’t make a lot of sense Too tense to recompense Really just a roll of the dice When truth or lies will make you cry Really doesn’t make a lot of sense The end we’ll all be cleansed

[@sandyvera4220]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@angryheretic]

When is whirr coming back

[@caseythornton7898]

dANGIT Bobby

[@timwebber8630]

Thanks Bobby Hill!!!

[@cheekclappa69]

the lights in the sky were the Phoenix lights that happened a week apart from the mass suicide! @_@

[@thesunstate5803]

this song is a gate to heaven

[@projectstorm22]

Their stylistic genius is immense. How are they not one of the biggest bands in the world?

[@acidsucre]

current inactivity and slightly-less-than-humble origins if i had to guess. incredible artistry but he's got other projects at least

[@TaraVanflower]

I'm completely obsessed with this song.

[@hyaena81]

me too!!!!

[@Hanselito]

Me too man this is so fucking good and fresh!

[@Chilantique]

Me too!!!!

[@michaelking2857]

Try the non album version of ‘Not just a name’. My god that song is complete perfection

[@louisvalentino43]

Drab Majesty the celestial Goth boyz.

[@OstRundfunk]

Easily they are

[@lila3028]

💕💕✨✨✨✨

[@mistydedmon2068]

Knowing the meaning of this song - Heaven's Gate suicides - it's incredibly powerful and very very sad. You're right Deb, it really doesn't make a lot of sense.

[@phlubblebubble]

So much of the album is about those people, but this track holds the biggest emotional punch of all of them.

[@DanT-godofpain]

Gave me the damn willies

[@meribrock4963]

I read the article about heavens gate the whole cult suicide was strange for sure all for the comet hale bop passing over earth

[@moth2662]

Really dig the Heavens Gate Cult references.

[@acidsucre]

it's a recurring thing through the album. it's really cool to listen and catch them.

[@Clleonie]

Yes !

[@october1634]

@Orderofthewhitestar been listening to them for a couple months now but earlier today when one of their songs came up I decided to search deeper into dm. Couldn't go to sleep so I've been looking around watching all their stuff from years ago and looking for the messages of each song. I have an even bigger appreciation now.

[@Dr.VonBraun]

Did you see the members list at the end of the video?

[@ThalesTML]

How so? Can you explain me that?

[@optiscontricany6432]

6 years old and still so good

[@fallendevonish1869]

You've got good music taste for a 6 year old, 😆

[@covr687]

Finally at a million views!!! So glad I've been here watching from 30,000s

[@215guyx3]

I was obsessed with heavens gate as a kid and fascinated by ufos and all.This band is by far my favorite band and the fact they covered this subject is eerie

[@theanimalslaugh]

In high school in the 90s I had a band called phenobarbital (seems pretty cringe now), that was entirely themed and influenced by Heaven’s Gate. Literally, the cover to the tape we put out had 39 black boxes on it. God, that’s embarrassing to admit, hadn’t thought of that in a while, lol.

[@suckerlove11]

The Demostraron is the most beautiful thing Heaven’s Gate brought to earth!

[@elderemomom]

Marshall Applewhite used to teach at the school I work at and every year there’s a new wave of kids who learn this information and become obsessed 😅

[@shaunoakford9272]

I'm going on 55 this month and this is just bloody brilliant. I can't describe how much I love this, how it makes me feel and what it makes me think. It's so original, yet speaks from a time already lived. To me, this embodies the darker/more thoughtful edge of the 80s and 90s that never quite made it through the tidal wave of crap-pop that emerged as a reaction to the starkness of the 1970s. Thank you Dais Records - you have a gem in Drab Majesty and I can't wait for more of this amazing act.

[@8thTower]

Hi Shaun, great comment, totally concur, I am 52 and it's like they have opened an aural wormhole to the 80s. Didn't think it was possible, but they are surely channeling. And it's great. It's like the 80s spiritual music ripple has reached us again. Strange but exhilarating. Let's have more.

[@shaunoakford9272]

@@8thTower Thank you friend - such is the power, I still revisit here from time to time. It seems that the old - really doesn't get old. A conundrum I know, but it's what makes great bands like DM resonate so well. Peace.

[@christophermaynard1902]

I'm 52 also....yup they have captured the 80s

[@DIMAN1977]

В России есть поговорка - " всё новое - забытое старое " .... однозначно , музыка 80-90 - ых вернётся ...

[@abangemirzaihanabangzulkip9502]

Appreciate that modern bands like Drab Majesty is bringing back the 80s synthwave music. Plus, they totally nailed and it sounds so accurate as though its legit that this song sounds like from the 80s.

[@judahjodah508]

It’s Neo- Goth Not synth wave

[@jebclang9403]

@@judahjodah508 Neo not. It's not goth

[@Joshayne]

@@judahjodah508this is definitely synthpop. Just check out the songs made by New Order and depeche mode then you’ll understand why

[@Moonthetherian11]

@@jebclang9403it is goth actually.. im goth and my dad is goth and we both listen to it..

[@MoonKnight003]

Yo diría que este dúo estaría dentro de la Darkwave, atmósferas oscuras, sonidos abstractos... Están más cerca del gótico que otra cosa.

[@Isojoki]

I've been obsessed with this song for a solid year now.

[@dejablu]

Same

[@befree8412]

I am including myself as I say this, in today's globalised world with its exceedingly fast distribution of bad news - deaths, catastrophes, murders, and so on - people tend to lose sensibility and empathy. I am thankful to Drab Demure for reminding me of my humanity.

[@DJUniMekaju]

Having an eargasm, knowing the 80's is making a comeback.

[@jackiedaytona7681]

It's criminal they're not more well known. This is sublime. Each song is better than the last somehow.

[@juliettestingray6023]

It seems like they're starting to get up there more recently. They played a show in Atlanta a few months back and like several of my friends, who didn't even know each other, were posting photos from it.

[@robinsss]

what genre would you place this in ? shoe gaze?

[@eatyourcereal4134]

@@robinsss yea. Darkwave or shoegaze.

[@DanielGarcia-cy5ub]

@@robinsss 80s revival

[@jordanjahnke1409]

Hello from 2021, this is beyond criminal these view counts. I'm appalled I was not here earlier espically working in music. When this band popped up on my Spotify I assumed they were brand new and my jaw dropped they are not huge. This is an amazing aesthetic.

[@CatBlood0001]

They were the last band I saw before the lockdown . It went out with a full moon.

[@Bobbychristopher]

Drab Majesty is a very Special band. They have tapped into the Spiritual element that exists in all of us.

[@eatyourcereal4134]

Pen15 @@Meshuggapeth

[@GarryShepherdDreamGazePostPunk]

You got that right 👍

[@VaporMemory]

Brilliant. Thank you for the demonstration.

[@GoreGothSam]

The word "obsessed" does not even begin to describe how I feel about Drab. I'm so glad I got to snag a picture and chat with Deb Demure. He is so cool and extremely talented. ❤

[@McWorf]

omg same here. i never heard of them until i saw them open for cold cave last weekend. i was hypnotized during Drab Magic's entire set.

[@KRAPYBARA84]

GoreGothSam lucky witch

[@michaelgass4321]

GoreGothSam i found my home, now it's ok to die...

[@mikol58]

It's never ok to die...

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

+GoreGothSam: Sin duda concuerdo con tu comentario, y que afortunada fuiste al conocer al gran enigma quien ciertamente es el Sr. Deb Demure!

[@LeanderNadeltanz]

this is so good! no, seriously, I saw them live several times and it was astonishing every single time! I had the chance to talk briefly to Mona and Deb, and they were so tender and open and really smart! we talked about music and influences in general - very insightful, those lads!

[@acerbowes104]

listening in mid August,2021. it ain't historical. it's timeless!

[@zayk8833]

I feel like it’s all about promoting and how you present your group. In other words these guys would be world famous. Let’s get them out there! 7 year old song and I’m blasting it like it’s brand new yfm

[@lxftp8631]

Haven’t heard this years… so good to come back

[@belagenaro]

I just found out about heaven's gate because of this song. I can't explain how DRAWN I am to this case combined with this very very addiccting song. I wonder how desperate those people were. It's ALL so very curious, obscure and still addiccting. I CAN'T get enough of this song. I am obsessed with both. I've got such a weird feeling about It all. It's like they are calling me

[@siniestrotrasgo971]

I could melt right now and disappear forever...

[@Sternertime]

I get the sense that D.D. had a certain understanding of the condition that Heaven's Gate cultists were under, a compassionate one, one which recognized the genuine spiritual aspiration at play. Enormous power in this song.

[@stevenfleming530]

Extremely talented group. Super reminiscent of 80's synth wave, but very unique sound. These guys just keep cranking out hits!

[@demirdemirbag3194]

Listen to She Past Away then

[@juanisern361]

The chair part is just chilling (if you know, you know)

[@MiloDC]

I remember the Heaven's Gate suicides. Happened just fifteen miles or so from where I lived at the time, here in San Diego County. I wept when I learned what happened, and what they believed they were doing. Those poor, confused, desperate souls. Great track, by the way. Love it.

[@The22beef]

I can identify completely. I lived in Encinitas at the time. I remember feeling the same way about it. But I really hope they died feeling hopeful. Excited about a great trip they had planned! :-)

[@JJMedusa]

I was living in San Diego in March 1997 & I remember seeing the Hale-Bopp comet. But for some reason, I don't remember hearing about this story.

[@KRAPYBARA84]

Milo Cooper is this what the song is about?

[@MiloDC]

DR G Yes.

[@Glass_Caskets]

DR G read description

[@johnwarner4115]

This is a combination of The Cure, Depeche mode, Inxs, Duran Duran and Echo and the Bunnyman. Absolutely wonderful sound.

[@axelusul]

Totally agree, but they still have their own style and song writing brilliancy. They are very talented guys and deserve all the credit they can get and more.

[@leeder-]

this is so ridiculously good i have the chills

[@kali7906]

leeder right?? All their songs are that way for me!

[@jinagibson6818]

leeder I came collecting more chill.

[@jessicalizarraga9160]

I just read about the Heaven's gate cult and Marshall Applewhite, these people didn't deserve to die but i thank drab majesty into taking us to an imaginary case of "what if they did go to where they were promosed?"

[@occult1390]

one of the best synthwave tracks of the modern age

[@lose8447]

I was already in love with Drab, then I found out Deb was fascinated by other worldly cults like heavens gate.... Their music and imagery reflects the beautiful strangeness of the unknown world like no other band... i want to cry

[@pigeonette]

bunch of cunch I feel ya. Same.

[@trakfactri]

@DCM88 Those cults are hateful and want to hurt people, so I doubt he'd be into it. Drab are sweet boys. So to be more precise... the "gothic" genre is about what Victor Sage calls the "dark epiphany," which focuses on the sins of the past, and on the evil things that people do with power. And there is usually a measure of terror and horror at these tragedies, one or the other, and sadness. That's very different from being in a hateful cult that takes pleasure in hurting people. That is not a good thing, and it's very sad to see people sanctioning things like that in this day and age. If you take my advice, I wouldn't dabble in things like that.

[@Dollydark0]

❤

[@turyb.goodiii7356]

Smooth, reminds me of 80s music. Real music.

[@MK-ru9xp]

My musical obsession for the last couple of years...

[@rupertthecat7240]

Some details in this video you may not have noticed: In the beginning of the video the character wearing glasses has a purple cloth pulled over his face and then bolts upright appearing to gasp for breath -- like he'd been holding it. The 39 people who died did so in stages with those that died later putting a purple cloth over the faces of the people dying before them (except for the last two). Also, they tied a plastic bag over their own head after ingesting sedatives to ensure that they would asphyxiate after falling asleep.

[@e-co123]

Thank you KZbin algorithms for suggesting this masterpiece

[@kp4588]

Loving this band right now.

[@TeamSleep]

Just discovered this band. Love it

[@jerryramsey4236]

Heaven's Gate! Lovely song!

[@___spellxcaster___3711]

the "are you afraid of the dark" font of 39 by design at the beginning is a nice touch!

[@pokemondie1]

I CAN NOT STOP WATCHING THIS VIDEO

[@Kiewicz92]

Me too. especially around 4.00 with the guitar and all. So fucking epic

[@christopherjohnsonministries]

This whole album is fantastic, but this is my favorite song on The Demonstration. 10/10

[@coreym162]

This and Behind the Wall

[@davidgonzaga3995]

Fico muuito Feliz e me sinto maravilhosamente bem ouvindo Drab Majesty !!

[@crunchcracker172]

This should be 10 million views

[@cesarrenteria914]

My favorite 2024 Band

[@andreyandreyovich5454]

my favorite band in 2019-2020-2021-2022-2023-2024))

[@bikkiLOVE]

I just watched a documentary on the Heavens Gate suicides and after seeing Applewhites final video I'm like...Drab? Now I understand this song/video. You guys are absolutely amazing.

[@satarathevoodoowitch5144]

Now this is true modern goth music, not that Marilyn Manson stuff. 😭🖤 love you Drab!

[@michaelking2857]

Stop fcking liking this music cause they wear goth attire holyshit, like the music for the music lol. I’d still love these guys if they fucking dressed up in suits

[@johnnypaes]

Marilyn Manson is industrial...

[@NadjaNaagini]

Sabina Sas Marilyn Manson never made goth music. More of Industrial Metal

[@causticnoize9809]

Nothing triggers people into "goth" music more than Marilyn Manson. How does a band that's irrelevant to goth make people so mad. Lol

[@coreym162]

@@michaelking2857 Like Cocteau Twins, Joy Division, ASF and Martin Dupont. It's the sound not the fashion. Check out a 1982 "Goth" at a Bauhaus concert. The fans wore Pink, suits and tons of other handmade DIY and colorful things. People focus too much on defining Goth on the bands alone when the bands reject being called Goth.

[@MiguelGonzalez-zu8sk]

I love this group omg

[@yayisavedzelda]

This song and video makes me feel like my previous life was someone in the 80's who died in a car accident while listening to this song even though it wasn't released yet

[@dutchtennhard2860]

Just put this band in the rock and roll hall of Fame they good

[@damienbeckman-scott7016]

It never ceases to amaze me just how 80's this is. I mean right down to the often awkward acting, and strange camera angles.

[@JaesCollectables]

wow mind blown. this track is perfection

[@weeewooo777]

Met the lads in Durham, nice dudes. This song continues to blow my mind. If you read this, a random stranger wishes you well (me)

[@CrimsonTomb]

Jordan Yergler thank you my friend

[@weeewooo777]

@@CrimsonTomb That thumbs up was from me a while ago. I still revisit this song. I still wish you well.

[@CrimsonTomb]

@@weeewooo777 thanks, same here

[@weeewooo777]

@@CrimsonTomb Peace upon you, brother

[@IndialienJones]

Having been born in 86, I didn’t get to truly experience the magic of the 80’s. I can’t thank Deb and Mona enough for giving me the opportunity to experience such an oddly nostalgic feeling for a time I didn’t get to experience in a truly meaningful way. I can remember being a young child in 1990 and hearing Enjoy the Silence blasting from my big sister’s room and loving it. How my sister must have felt to have a synth wave group like Depeche Mode to fall in love with, I now have the same in Drab Majesty. Thank you Drab Majesty for making the 2020’s the 80’s I never got to experience. I’m eternally grateful. 👽💜

[@christophermaynard1902]

This is 80s music on steroids trust me I'm an 80s child and I approve

[@jonlenin9982]

how does he accomplish to bring me back to 1981, even if he wasnt even born back then???

[@lowmoon9025]

As special as the first time you heard the Sisters or the Banshees. Truly extraordinary.

[@alelvremy]

I can’t stop listening to this song. Once I read these comments and found out what the actual lyrics were about…boy did it bring me down a rabbit hole!

[@perfectionist9692]

so glad i discovered this artist

[@privateuser3164]

This band has been my new obsession this year, they can do no wrong, perfection!

[@MV-ge4kv]

Doll Coven ditto! ☆☆☆☆☆

[@jorgeegrojjorge]

Drab Majesty is pure talent !!!!

[@buckrogez87]

Its hard to find tunes and sound like this that are sincere in this day and age. I fucking love this shit.

[@LVX777]

My soul needed this album...I'm beyond obsessed.

[@ELPADREGATO]

I love it more and more each time I hear them

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

+Christopher Martinez: Couldn't Agree with you more fellow 'new waver.'

[@isaacmhdz]

My friend was wearing a Drab Majesty t-shirt, and so I pulled up my phone and searched them up I’m totally digging their music. I just started listening to them, and already I’m interested in listening to more of their songs

[@theauspex]

Omg I was totally getting Heavens Gate vibes from this. I cant believe I was right.

[@Sprinkleycakes]

This is my most loved band, ever.

[@SonnyFrisco]

Easily one of the best artists of the past decade.

[@bugsbunny2944]

This might be one of the best albums I've ever heard

[@rabbinirvana]

This band transcends my fascination with The Cure and Depeche Mode...... So, so good!

[@breathingspell9266]

Incredible song

[@5aturn6]

3 years now listening to this masterpiece, it never gets old and never will...the perfection of the atmosphere, melody and sounds resonates deep, like living in an 80s realm I know I’ve never lived and never existed but still it’s too damn real to be just an illusion if that makes sense. Love and respect to Drab Majesty.

[@JimmyJaxJellyStax]

Born in the tail later years of the wonderful 80s decade, I can still respect the appreciation! Wish I was born in the 70s. Early 90s had some amazing music too. Later 2000s really disappointed hard. We need to revive emotion in our music...wet ass something (WAP) is just gross and not very resonant with deeper emotion of the nation.

[@matthew_thefallen]

same! i can't get tired of them, this album especially is wow! the atmospheres are so dense, almost like you could touch them in every track! love the alien concepts too!

[@burtmars7973]

Possibly the best video on youtube

[@TraceFaceIt]

Anyone that can’t hear the difference and just says to me; “oh very 80’s” doesn’t get it. AT ALL!!!! This is one of the most incredible bands to ever walk the earth.

[@Maria-eb6ox]

Had the pleasure to host DB for a show in Italy last year. This band left me speachless and I couldn't do without their music from then. Unique.

[@blurofserenityblue]

Very fond of the "Do's" infinity projection, and 90's vintage look. Someone with the evolutionary level of above human put a lot of thought into this video and album.

[@cultparade2981]

This comment.

[@ΝΞΘηλΝΤΟΜ]

this is more 80s than 90s

[@blurofserenityblue]

@@ΝΞΘηλΝΤΟΜ they are replicating Applewhites vides from the 90s.

[@ΝΞΘηλΝΤΟΜ]

@@blurofserenityblue Yeah but the sounds are reminiscent and pay tribute to the 80s

[@jaredawashburn]

80s vibe in the song and video are super on point. Love it!!

[@traderjoas]

killer visuals

[@zandre007]

I like his hand gestures when he is explaining to you things about life. Those gestures cary the weight and one should listen to his explanations. He captured the essence of living.

[@marcoderosa312]

What a great song from a magnificent album. Gives me chills every time.

[@missingnon-existent8009]

This was my first song I listened to from Drab Majesty. I somehow had some familiarity with the subject matter. I know about the Heaven's Gate incident as a child in the 90s because I've always have been interested in the paranormal in general. This is extremely original due to the fact that I don't truly see much music about stuff like this. Cool sound btw.

[@ABrklyn1]

Soo obsessed with this song and cannot stop listening to it.

[@dreamsandmemories4807]

Feels like a long continuous thunderstorm filling the black sky with purple lighting and the smell we all remember from our childhoods playing in the rain

[@xadiko69]

long live the 80s !!!! amazin !!!!

[@senkster1851]

HEAVENS GATES

[@will516]

Play it over and over

[@CriticalPedagogy]

I love how they embodied the sentiment around Heaven’s Gate. Sadness for the families of the 39. But also a sense of empathy and compassion for people who followed their convictions via ritual. That’s not to romanticize what happened either. Like the song embodies everything. Humans have sought answers for as long as we’ve existed. “Eternal point of view”…

[@MEqwed]

Top 5 of tracks of all time

[@michaelking2857]

I love the cinematography/acting in this music video. Looking in the mirror at himself, the 2 debs stacked on top of each other, siting in white plastic chairs gesturing dramatically. The “monster” deb shrouded in white, strangely moving about and aggressively leaning towards the camera. All the while in a strobe light manner the screen cutting black multiple times a second adding obscurity and other elements. I’d say Drab’s best 2 music videos are this one and then Out of sequence, was amazing as well.

[@zandre007]

Hand gesturing is the BEST!!!!

[@feetblading]

Thanks so much! I shot this video and it feels good to know I got the vibe right. Cheers!!

[@paradiser.2964]

What a wicked band, spot on my taste 👌

[@polter999]

You've ascended in your music, it's gorgeous!

[@JJMedusa]

Awesome comment. :)