EPK – Brocarde – Pandora’s Box (single) (2025)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
“Pandora’s Box is essentially a fight song—it’s sarcastic as hell. At its core, it’s about being misunderstood,” Brocarde explains. “So often, I feel misrepresented, and this song channels that frustration into something fierce and empowering.” – Brocarde explains.
“It’s about perception—how others see you, and how that often conflicts with your truth. In a world driven by social media, we’ve all become clickbait, and things are so easily twisted or misread.”
“The Puppet master is everyone and no one. It’s that figurehead of control—whoever or whatever that may be. In the video, I’m literally playing into its hands and becoming my own self-fulfilling prophecy. When I first wrote it, it was aimed more specifically at certain people in my life, but over time, it evolved. We all have our own Puppet Masters. We’ve all felt misunderstood. I hope it resonates with people and gives them strength.”
Brocarde continues, “There’s something powerful about the image of a doll—picture-perfect on the surface, but hauntingly silent underneath. And let’s face it, most dolls are terrifying! There’s a recurring theme in my recent releases around identity. It’s something I’ve struggled with, and still do.”
Single: Pandora’s Box
Release Date: October 22, 2025
Label: Season One
Distribution: Ditto
Length: 4:04
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“Electrifying, creative new artist…powerful stuff!” – David Coverdale
“I love Brocarde’s very unique style and vibe… she has mass aggression to sweetness & everything inbetween in her voice! The very interesting song arrangements & theatrical segments make the whole package a dynamic, fun adventure to listen to! I see great things ahead for her!” – Ray Luzier from Korn
Band: Brocarde
Single: Pandora’s Box
Release Date: October 22, 2025
Label: Season One
Distribution: Ditto
Length: 4:04
Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Brocarde
• All songs written by: Brocarde
• Produced by: Chris Collier
• Mixed by: Chris Collier
• Mastered by: Chris Collier
• Album Artwork by: Brocarde
• Video Directed by: Brocarde
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FUN FACTS – STORY ANGLES:
1. Brocarde had a dramatic supernatural encounter a few years ago that saw her marry (and divorce) a ghost. This encounter has left her with the ability to see and communicate with dead people.
2. Brocarde now travels the world, visiting haunted locations for her website brocarde.com. She also has her own newspaper column with British newspaper The Daily Star, where she showcases her Terrifying Travels.
3. Brocarde has worked with Download Festival on a ghost hunt at the festival site; her investigation showed evidence of two ghosts from the Georgian era being present on-site.
4. Brocarde was invited to Wacken Open Air to perform a seance to connect with Lemmy from Wacken, where she spotted his apparition on horseback, eating a slice of pizza.
5. Brocarde has interviewed several bands, including Floor Hansen from Nightwish and Dani from Cradle of Filth.
Brocarde is the creator of an enchanting world where dark, haunting aesthetics meet passion-fuelled lyrics and design. Brocarde is a dynamic storyteller who marries both music and fashion in an orchestral explosion, designed to make the ears and eyes bleed. A one-woman horror story, if centuries aligned, Brocarde could almost be the secret lovechild of Edgar Allan Poe and Sylvia Plath.
In what could only be described as an effervescent melting pot, Brocarde’s bubbling cauldron is peppered with hints of Little House on the Prairie, and seasoned with remnants of the Addams family values: she’s an all-consuming artist who’s not for the faint-hearted.
Brocarde arrived on the music scene in 2019, presenting her debut single Last Supper. With its biblical relatability and an army of sinister pigs, the music video depicted a twisted fairy tale that whetted the appetite of her loyal supporters. She was hailed as “One to Watch” by Planet Rock Magazine and secured airplay on Kerrang!, Planet Rock, and BBC Introducing.
Since then, Brocarde has gone on to attract the praise of some of rock music’s biggest stars, with Whitesnake’s David Coverdale hailing her as an “electrifying, creative new artist” and describing her as “powerful stuff!” Brocarde’s follow-up single, Love Me ’Til I’m Beautiful, featured drums by Korn’s Ray Luzier. Ray praised Brocarde’s unique vocal style and was enthralled by her ability to capture extreme sweetness and mass aggression in her voice. He described her writing as a dynamic, theatrical adventure and hailed her as a future star.
As someone who’s hugely motivated by the creative process, Brocarde is truly alive when creating – she’s been quoted as crediting songwriting as the thing that got her through some of her darkest, most chaotic moments. As an adolescent, she struggled with fitting in and finding her place in the world, so she used to hide in the woods at school and write lyrics and poems to escape to an alternative dimension. As an adult, the skill still serves her as an outlet for her deepest, darkest, unspoken thoughts.
Speaking of the unspoken, recently Brocarde experienced life outside of our dimension when she found herself being introduced to the spirit world. One dark, stormy night when she was struggling to sleep, Brocarde was visited by Edwardo, the ghost of a Victorian soldier. Edwardo wooed Brocarde, and after a short whirlwind romance, the couple tied the knot on Halloween 2022. On the wedding morning, Brocarde made her second appearance on ITV’s This Morning, this time with her groom Edwardo, who scared Holly Willoughby with his haunting presence. Brocarde dedicated her song “Haunted” to her future husband and walked down the aisle to the spooky orchestral serenade. Her wedding ceremony was televised and appeared on an episode of Say Yes To The Dress with Tan France. The marriage was turbulent, Edwardo the ghost, continued to act like a free spirit and was endlessly untameable. After seeking marriage guidance from a spiritual medium, Brocarde concluded that after six short months of marriage it was time to call in an exorcist and banish her husband forever. Their romance went down in flames, and Brocarde released her menacing divorce song “Just Another Anthem” to mark the beginning of her next chapter…
Brocarde marked the start of single life with an appearance on First Dates on Channel 4.
It took a long time for Brocarde to break Edwardo’s spiritual attachment to her, and there were times when Brocarde never wanted to see a ghost again.
However, after delving into the world of mediumship and spirituality, Brocarde recognised that she had a gift for connecting with the dead and realised that once you marry a ghost, life doesn’t just return to “normal”.
Since her spiritual awakening, Brocarde has dedicated her time to learning and educating people about the paranormal world. She has travelled the world and conducted paranormal investigations in some of the world’s most haunted and terrifying locations. Brocarde has come face to face with the ghosts of malevolent hangmen, murderers, and outlaws, and she has even entered a coven of powerful witches to learn witchcraft, spells and magic.
Last year, Brocarde’s world of horror and music collided when she was invited to do a Ghost Hunt at Download Festival, taking to the Avalanche Stage in the dead of night she came face to face with some headbanging spirits who were waiting in the arena to catch a glimpse of Busted. Fresh off the Download Stage, she travelled to Germany to conduct a special seance in memory of Lemmy from Motörhead at Wacken Open Air. Festival season was a whirlwind for Brocarde, and she interviewed some of the World’s most profile rock bands, she also hosted interviews from the black carpet at the Metal Hammer Awards in Berlin.
2026 marks the launch of Brocarde’s debut album, after ten years in the making. She is set to share some of her most heartfelt songs, a musical story book of colourful emotions and experiences that have made her the woman she is today.
Discography:
2019 – Last Supper
2022 – Haunted
2022 – Haunted (The Bare Bones)
2023 – Just Another Anthem
2025 – Identity Theft
2025 – Last Supper (Reheated Radio)
2025 – Feed My Soul ft. Ray Luzier
2025 – Pandora’s Box
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