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Connecting the musical dots between Auckland, Chicago, New York City, and London,
Die! Die! Die! is one of the best bands to emerge from New Zealand in over a decade.
With an emphasis on pummeling, primal garage-punk rhythms shot through with shard-
like guitar work, the band creates a driving sound highly reminiscent of Warsaw,
Therapy? and Wire that is utterly immediate and visceral, melodic and danceable.
Formed in November 2003, the band started playing as many shows as they
could in both New Zealand and Australia, including touring support slots for Wire and
Franz Ferdinand, and tours throughout the US and UK. The band recorded their debut
album with Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Shellac) at his studio in Chicago in the summer
of 2005, before heading to the UK and Sweden. Concurrently, the band released their
debut eponymous six-track EP, recorded with Dale Cotton (HDU, Dimmer), in New Zealand.
Things began to move very quickly from there. Having toured the US as sole
support to Aussie friends Wolfmother this past Spring and a stunning
debut at March 2006's SXSW Festival, the band was offered a high profile
residency in NYC at The Annex in August 2006 that generated a massive amount
of industry buzz. The band then toured the UK to rave reviews from NME,
Kerrang!, DisOrder and many others in support of their first UK single, in
August-September 2006. November will see the band kicking off a slew of tours
of New Zealand, Australia and Japan (including the Homebake and Big Day Out
festivals), on through January 2007. The band will then be returning to extensively
tour the US in support of the February 2007 North American release of their first album,
on SAF Records...
Tracklisting:
1 Like 48th St, Maybe?
2 Disappear Here
3 Franz(17 DDD fans Can'T Be Wrong)
4 Auckland Is Burning
5 Everybody's Got Something To Hide...
6 Ashtray! Ashtray!
7 Year Nine, Yeah!
8 L.A. Bones
9 Shyness Will Get You Nowhere
10 Out Of The Blue
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