# SURVIVAL GUIDE Stars As A Stepford Wife Gone Rogue in “Pie” Video

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- Published: 2023-09-21T15:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **SURVIVAL GUIDE**⏎ **Stars As A Stepford Wife Gone Rogue in “**󠀁[**Pie**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=a6210233b7&e=615f2b8493)󠁿**” Video**

[⌊Survival Guide⌉⌊Survival Guide⌉[

#### **From Upcoming Album **_**deathdreams**_** out Oct 19 **⏎ _**via**_** Double Helix Records**

**SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 (San Antonio, TX) — **“Our hostess starts out perfect, but 
gradually begins to unravel as the song progresses_,” _says **SURVIVAL GUIDE**, 
a.k.a. **Emily “Agent M” Whitehurst **(former vocalist for punk standouts Tsunami
Bomb) about the deranged _Stepford Wives _treatment for her video for “[**Pie**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=ee923fe920&e=615f2b8493),”
the third single off her fourth full-length electropop Survival Guide album _**deathdreams,**_
out **October 19 **_via _**Double Helix Records**. 

**SURVIVAL GUIDE’s “Pie” **
**DSP’s: **[https://ffm.to/sgpieeeee.OPR](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=96ee820f6a&e=615f2b8493)**
Video: **[https://youtu.be/dE6zj91C6rA?si=FzHNLRVo8YV98XE9](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=db61af2b0a&e=615f2b8493)

Survival Guide - "Pie" (Official Music Video)

[⌊Survival Guide - "Pie" (Official Music Video)⌉⌊Survival Guide - "
Pie" (Official Music Video)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

The vivid metaphor in the lyrics as a protector (“_Let me bubblewrap you / Hide 
you from his eyes_“) begins to reveal itself as she dreads younger women having 
to endure some of the darker things she’s been through. The song’s origin as a “
basic demo” with just a “weird clicky drumbeat, a few bass synths and the vocals”
was fleshed out at Mesa, AZ’s **Flying Blanket Recording Studio** with producer **
Bob Hoag** (_Dear and the Headlights, The Ataris, The Format_) who added in some
various layers in production to make the song shine. 

[⌊Survival Guide⌉⌊Survival Guide⌉[

**SURVIVAL GUIDE / Emily “M” Whitehurst**

“Bob really filled it in with harps, violins, mellotron flutes and so much more,
and turned it into this unique song,” she says. “Also, I really love desserts and
baking, so I’m excited that I figured out how to make pie such a focus in one of
my songs.”

“Some of the instrumentation on “Pie” gave it a hint of a 1950s sound, which inspired
video director **Bryan Heiden** and the team at **The Motivated Mind Group** to 
create the look and feel of the music video,” she adds on the video’s treatment.“
Even though the song isn’t _literally_ about pie” she laughs, “we all wanted to 
use the imagery of it, so we filmed a cooking show set in the ‘50s. I loved getting
to attempt all the different emotions that went into this character. And since I
enjoy baking so much, it was super fun to do an exaggerated version of a baking 
show for the video. It even comes with a few commercial breaks!”

The deviant “Pie” video follows in tune with the previous action-packed videos: “
[**Lady Neptune**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=b2e97f1106&e=615f2b8493)”
which follows a narrative driven ‘rise and fall’ type story that features a plot
of a character who wants something more out of life, but ends up choosing organized
crime,” and the macabre and blood-splattered short film-esque music video for “[**Blood Perfume**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=679df0c0ff&e=615f2b8493),”
which stars Em as a deranged serial killer who outsmarts her victims. 

She says the main themes on her upcoming album came from several dreams she had 
that involved her death, which she adds compelled her to name it “_deathdreams**.**_”
The opposing imagery and feelings that the title conjures – the duality/juxtaposition
of dreams and death: soft and sweet, or strange, dark and ominous – only makes it
more fitting. The death themes in Em**‘**s music could also partly be attributed
to two other sources: that her family owned the funeral home in the town she was
raised in, and that cancer claimed the life of her older brother.  

[⌊Survival Guide album cover⌉⌊Survival Guide album cover⌉[

**_deathdreams_**

**_deathdreams_**
**Tracklisting**

1. “Bad Little Seed”
2. “Sour Sorrow”3. “[Pie](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=55aeda800b&e=615f2b8493)”
4. “[Blood Perfume](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=db58b3ebea&e=615f2b8493)”
5. “Sharpshooter”6. “[Lady Neptune](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=20d969f5ee&e=615f2b8493)”
7. “wordswordswords”8. “Fight Me”9. “Don’t Feel Bad”10. “Stay Dead”11. “I’ll Picture
You”  

A former Northern California native now residing in San Antonio, Texas, Em is an
electronic indie-pop artist with a background in punk. Her music obsession began
with Green Day, leading her to a dreams-come-true life of punk rock as she traversed
continents fronting the band **Tsunami Bomb** as **“Agent M.”** Over the years, 
her music gradually shifted toward synthpop in The Action Design, then further into
the electronic indiepop realm as Survival Guide**.** 

Her danceable tunes evoke a sonic birthday cake: alternating layers of Depeche Mode,
Metric, Peter Gabriel, and Grimes, with vibrant melodies and vocals as the icing
on top. “Music is crucial to my survival,” she says wholeheartedly, adding, “Survival
Guide is one woman trying to shape her own place in this world as a musician.”

**Emily “Em” Whitehurst** is the solo force behind Survival Guide. Her fourth-full
length album _**deathdreams**_ will be released on **October 19, 2023** _via_ **
[Double Helix Records](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c64f00c7c4&e=615f2b8493)**.**“**
[**Pie**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=e724bfcf5e&e=615f2b8493)**”**
is now available on all platforms.  

**“Pie” lyrics:**

_You are me and I was you
You think I’m glaring but it’s not trueEven if you just
appeared, you’ve always been a piece of meSame cloth, same blood, same treeSame 
feet stomping rhythm with our stories

_Let me bubblewrap you
Hide you from his eyesI just wanna get you through these 
dangerous timesPull you through the fire to the other side

_You look like a fresh-baked pie
Their tongues are hanging outNever forget that 
your machine gun is your mouthLittle sister, don’t you doubt, oh

_I know you hate it when I tell you what to do
But it’s only because I worry they’ll
steal the light from you

_Just let me bubblewrap you
Hide you from his eyesIt gets me twisted up insideTo
see you as a prize

_You look like a fresh-baked pie
Their tongues are hanging outNever forget that 
your machine gun is your mouthLittle sister, don’t you doubt, oh

_Oh, fresh-baked pie
Oh, fresh-baked pieOh, fresh-baked pieOh, fresh-baked pie

_You look like a fresh-baked pie
Their tongues are hanging outNever forget that 
your machine gun is your mouthLittle sister, don’t you doubt, oh

_Fresh-baked pie
Fresh-baked pieFresh-baked, fresh-bakedFresh- baked pie

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