Space/Smile

Brighton’s Post-Punk Sensation DITZ Release 2nd LP ‘EXHALE’ In January 2025

Posted on by JL

14 November 2024


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Band: DITZ
Who: Unbridled post-punks from
Brighton, UK (where everybody is
in a band).

New album: NEVER EXHALE.
It’ll show up 25 January 2025.
Pre-order info here.

It follows their blistering debut longplayer
The Great Regression that came out in 2022.

Press info: ‘NEVER EXHALE’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath.
DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms.

It could be said that the band treat recording and release of music as an afterthought. Often playing songs live years before their release, tweaking them as they go. The songs on the final record may change before they are ever heard as part of the album.”


New album artwork

So far, we could absorb two preview tracks.

– TAXIMAN –


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– SPACE/SMILE –


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LIVE

Live the band is a mean raging drone machine fronted by charismatic voice/face
Cal Francis. Last Sunday I saw them for the 6th time and my ears are still buzzing.

Sonic City Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium – 10 November 2024


“I’m up here”


“Your turn”


Nice


It has been a long tour


“See you next year again, Belgium”

EURO TOUR 2025

Linktree – Bandcamp

(Live photos by Turn Up The Volume)

DITZ – Brighton’s Mean Raging Machine Prepare For 2nd LP With Storming Single ‘SPACE/SMILE’

Posted on by JL

17 October 2024


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Brighton‘s post-punk dropouts DITZ fabricated the best debut album of 2022, according to Turn Up The Volume’s ears, with their blaze & rage LP THE GREAT REGRESSION. Since then the band are on a non-stop tour.

And the tour will go on and on, as the turbulent bohemians just announced their sophomore LP. It’s named NEVER EXHALE. It’ll show up 25 January 2025.

Pre-order info here.

Press info: Never exhale’ is the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath. DITZ have toured relentlessly since the release of their first album ‘The Great Regression’. The songs that form their newest offering were written across Europe, often on off days and in borrowed rehearsal rooms. It could be said that the band treat recording and release of music as an afterthought. Often playing songs live years before their release, tweaking them as they go. The songs on the final record may change before they are ever heard as part of the album.”


Album artwork

C.A. Francis (charismatic voice/face) about first single SPACE/SMILE: ‘I feel like Space/Smile is pretty unique within the album. It’s the shortest track by a fair margin. We’ve kind of become known for using dynamic shifts to create drama in our music and with this track we tried to avoid it. It’s all about the escalation.’

SPACE/SMILE is a slash/trash stormer, pushed by fulminating percussion, fierce guitars and Francis spitting and sneering, fueled by his three lungs, without breathing, for 108 seconds. DITZ is a mean raging machine. Helter-skelter!


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EURO TOUR 2025

Catch them when you can.
Trust me, their concerts
are a blast.

Linktree – Bandcamp