Death of the Maiden
Tamara Parsons-Baker has spent the past few years establishing herself as Oxford’s best double barrelled surname performer, and, in a not so subtle nod to the fact that she’s been literally slaughtering the competition, has a band named Death of the Maiden. Those who she deemed to bestow mercy upon, or were possibly her accomplices, can be found performing in her band with Emma Coombs (drums), Jenny Oliver (bass) and Hannah Bruce (lead guitar). Aside from being brazen, and let’s face it, a little bit showy about having committed multiple homicides, Death of the Maiden produce gothy, post-punk, baroque-pop. If that description makes you want to vomit 1) yeah, it should 2) swallow it and get prepared to tell people in future "actually I heard a gothy post-punk, baroque-pop,rock band once, and they were really good. No I can’t remember what they were called, something about Maidenhead I think".
The Girl with the Secret Fire
Death of the Maiden successfully crowdfunded their debut album ‘The Girl with the Secret Fire’ which was launched to a sold-out crowd in March 2019. The track ‘A Pair of Blue Eyes’ won Nightshift Magazines ‘Track of the Year 2019”.
“The Girl with the Secret Fire is full of dramatic, atmospheric baroque/pop/rock/punk music, melded with expressive, thoughtful and emotional lyrics that define the band’s message of female empowerment.” -Angry Baby
“Throughout ‘The Girl With the Secret Fire’ you’ll find death, grief, drama, passion, longing, militant determination and an emotional turbulence that sucks you in and shakes you to the core, but delivered with an understatement that simultaneously throws everything into sharper focus while making some of the stories sound like they’re coming at you from a dream.” - Nightshift Magazine
Death of the Maiden are:
Tamara Parsons-Baker
Hannah Bruce
Emma Coombs
Jenny Oliver
Photos by Helen Messenger Photography
Album Artwork by Odd Mildred @millierawicz