DIE SPITZ ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM SOMETHING TO CONSUME OUT SEPT 12TH VIA THIRD MAN

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THROW YOURSELF TO THE SWORD”

ON DEBUT TOUR OF UK/EU THIS WEEK

Photo Credit: Anatheme

As postmodern society crumbles, Texas four-piece Die Spitz combine their passion, friendship, identity, and artistry to fight against the inescapable decay that surrounds life on their debut album, Something to Consume, due Sept 12th via Third Man Records. “There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming”, Ellie Livingston says. And as the band trade off instruments, swapping songwriting and vocal duties, and generating powerful songwriting in concussive bursts, Die Spitz have created their own little pocket of the world where we can all stand on the edge together.

The Austinites express their ideas through a blend of classic punk, hardcore, metal, alt rock and more. The group have become known for their riotous live shows, where duelling cartwheels, climbing of rafters and solos while crowdsurfing could happen at any moment. “Something to Consume is an album experience for everyone. Whether you’re craving a smack of lively metal or a melancholy wave of grungey violin, there’s a piece of all of us injected. Something to Consume is a call to the multitudes of ways we as humans allow consumption to enrapture our culture as well as ourselves.”

That shapeshifting strength comes into full view on the explosive lead single “Throw Yourself to the Sword”, released today alongside a video by Emily Sanchez.

“Throw Yourself to the Sword is a high energy ode to what we want young people to feel. There’s a lot of existentialism and despair in other songs on the album that still sheath the same theme, but Throw Yourself to the Sword is the raise of optimism. Despite living in a state of mundanity or hopelessness, you can still rise up and fight the unknown, as long as you’re willing to throw yourself to it,” Ellie Livingston explains.

Something to Consume moves with rapturous conviction thanks in part to the deft production hand of Studio 4’s Will Yip (Turnstile, Mannequin Pussy). Though only recently in their 20s, Die Spitz’s impressive musicianship ties them clearly to a long lineage of frustrated people hoping to inspire change. “Some people aren’t interested in being political activists via music, but it weighs on me heavily and I feel misaligned with my calling if I don’t”, Chloe De St. Aubin says. “The four of us are free spirits with multiple interests, and there’s no limit or power dynamic that can derail us.”

The band are currently on tour in the UK for the first time, where they saw a show at the Shacklewell Arms upgraded to downstairs at The Dome due to demand, and they’ve since sold that out too. They’ll play 2000 Trees’ Cave Stage on Friday and a show in Milton Keynes before heading onto mainland Europe next week.

In the US, Die Spitz are announcing a headline tour behind Something to Consume. All dates below.

Die Spitz is Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter.

WATCH THE “THROW YOURSELF TO THE SWORD” VIDEO BELOW.

Tour Dates:

7/10. London, UK: Downstairs At The Dome (SOLD OUT)
7/11. Cheltenham, UK: 2000 Trees Festival
7/12. Milton Keynes, UK: Craufurd Arms
7/13. Tielen, BE: Sjock Festival
7/15. Berlin, DE: Cassiopeia (SOLD OUT)
7/16. Hamburg, DE: Molotow
7/17. Cologne, DE: Helios 37 (SOLD OUT)
7/18. Amsterdam, NL: Paradiso
7/19. Cuxhaven, DE: Deichbrand Festival
10/5. Denver, CO: Marquis Theatre
10/7. Boise, ID: The Shredder
10/10. Seattle, WA: Baba Yaga
10/14. San Francisco, CA: Bottom of the Hill
10/16. Los Angeles, CA: Lodge Room
10/17. San Diego, CA: Soda Bar
10/24. Austin, TX: Stubb’s
11/7. Oklahoma City, OK: Resonant Head
11/8. Lawrence, KS: The Bottleneck
11/11. Milwaukee, WI: Cactus Club
11/14. Toronto, ON: Horseshoe Tavern
11/15. Montreal, QC: Bar Le Ritz PDB
11/22. Nashville, TN: The Blue Room at Third Man Records

The members of Die Spitz are Austin natives, with Schrobilgen and Livingston having met in preschool, befriending Halter in middle school, and immediately bringing De St. Aubin into their inner circle when they formed the band in 2022. The group was initially just looking to find reasons to hang out more often, and decided to start a band after a late-night viewing of the Mötley Crüe movie The Dirt. Though they’ve only been playing together a few years (not to mention Halter only learning to play bass to start the band), Something to Consume shows a maturity and technical prowess always wielded in service of their profound friendship.

The group settled on the name Die Spitz over a “brown bag of Fireball”, opting for the feminine German definite article in place of the English. “It reminds me of the Grim Reaper spitting”, Livingston jokes. At their first live shows, they paired originals with covers from some of their inspirations: Black Sabbath, Pixies, Mudhoney, PJ Harvey, and Nirvana. The beguiling “Pop Punk Anthem” somehow encapsulates elements throughout that large musical swath, building from roiling verses to a growled chorus. “It may sound like a love song at first, but when the beat kicks in it’s the obsession that takes over”, Schrobilgen says. “The words ‘you’re a part of me’ sound loving but it can be an insane emotion and privilege over someone else’s life.”

Across 11 tracks, Something to Consume contains multitudes and yet feels of a singular piece, an expansive and expressive set unified in its camaraderie and freedom. “We depend on our freedom – freedom to do what we want, present the ideas we want, make the music we want”, Livingston says. “Whether it’s based in metal or something soft, no matter which of us wrote the song, we all contribute and work together. As a person, I don’t have a strong ego or voice, but within this band each one of us is capable of so much more.”

Album artwork for Something To Consume by Kylie Bly

Die Spitz
Something To Consume
Out September 12th on Third Man Records

1. Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay)
2. Voir Dire
3. Throw Yourself to the Sword
4. American Porn
5. Sound to No One
6. Go Get Dressed
7. Red40
8. RIDING WITH MY GIRLS
9. Punishers
10. Down on It
11. a strange moon/selenophilia