Die Spitz
Something To Consume
*** out of *****
The Austin, TX based Die Spitz debut full length on Third Man Records, Something To Consume, rumbles, drifts and pounds in rock/metal fashion.
The quartet of Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe Andrews, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter are all talented, switching instruments with all but Halter singing as well. The young outfit plug in and hit hard throughout the eleven songs presented here that run the hard rocking gamut.
Opener "Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay)" starts the album with some grunge like riffs before kicking up into heavy pop punk territory for the chorus as the screaming vocals ring out. The group deploy some hip swinging grooves behind fuzzy guitars in 90's alt throwback fashion with both "Voir Dire" and "American Porn" while "Down On It" snarls and rages like a Hole outtake.
While the musicianship is on point (the drums and sludgy bass are a great counterpoint to the dreamy fuzzed out guitar on "Punishers"), there is a clear drawback throughout Something to Consume, the buried production of the vocals. This may be an artistic choice, but on ominous mood pieces like "Sound To No One", the breathy/restrained "Go Get Dressed" and closer "a strange moon/selenophilia" the vocals are so pushed back it makes them undecipherable.
Even on the out and out metal tune, "Throw Yourself to the Sword" the chugging, marching, shredding all take center stage while the vocals screams are regulated to the rear. Die Spitz combines metal/punk/hard rock and when they hit their heights on Something to Consume they are reminiscent of another band who did the same. Both "Red40" and "RIDING WITH MY GIRLS" are monster efforts that bang, thrash and flail in Motörhead fashion as the drums pummel and the riffs riot out of control on these stand out offerings.
Hopefully for the bands follow up the lyrics and vocals take on a larger role as Die Spitz have a strong rocking foundation with their debut Something To Consume.
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