Survival Guide (aka Emily Whitehurst) is open about the themes of her own demise encircling her fourth full length album, deathdreams, that is out today via Double Helix Records. Whitehurst previously traversed continents fronting the band Tsunami Bomb as Agent M, over the years her music gradually shifted toward synth pop in The Action Design, then further into the electronic / indie / pop / punk realm as Survival Guide. “Over the last few years, I’ve had a handful of dreams that involved my own death in various ways, and they’ve all been profound for me. Because of this, it seemed natural to call the album deathdreams after this theme. I like the opposing imagery and feelings those words can conjure. I like how dreams can be inter...