At what cost? A powerful question that is often asked and that’s what State of Deceit is asking in their new song and video for their single, “At What Cost?”.
The band tackles political corruption in the healthcare systems with “At What Cost” and lead vocalist, Pete Scammell says this about the song and video,
This is a song written closely from the heart, about people and organizations exploiting the health system for profit or political agendas As a person with diabetes, I’ve followed the stories in the United States about massively inflated insulin prices and how that is literally killing people. Here in the United Kingdom the situation is similar because services have been taken away from my local hospital and relocated an hour away. For many people this increases the cost and ability to receive care so for many it is unacceptable. Why do they do these things? For most of us, the answer seems like it is because we live in a different political area. This is why we depicted the Plague Doctor as the villain in the video. It represents the nefarious entities I mentioned above. During the shoot, we had some funny looks during the scenes of The Plague Doctor coming out of the van… with all the smoke coming out people must’ve thought we were hotboxing in there!
Directed by Aiden Thomas, “At What Cost” is from their forthcoming album, Stalked by Daemons that will be out on Eclipse Records on October 13.
Davide Santini, bass, adds this,
‘At What Cost’ is a mixture of punchy grooves and melody, so our director Aidan made a very dynamic video to reflect that. My concept of the plague doctor was a perfect fit to match the lyrics and the idea of having an old character to impersonate the modern national health system was an exciting contrast as well. We were very lucky with the location on the day of the shoot. Because the weather was so terrible that day, we were planning to reschedule but Aidan showed us another place that could work, and for us it ended up even better than what we expected! The day was full of surprises, and Pete almost ended up in emergency care due to smoke inhalation because the van scenes were filmed using so much smoke, thankfully he survived the shoot!
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