Photo Credit: Pooneh Ghana
Austin, TX four-piece Die Spitz share a video for “Punishers,” the final single from the band’s forthcoming debut album, Something to Consume, due Sept 12 via Third Man Records.
“‘Punishers’ is about things or people who ‘punish.’ Whether it’s withholding love, jealousy, or keeping someone or even yourself hooked in a cycle—the song captures the feelings of insanity and frustration punishers bring,” Chloe De St. Aubin explains. Of the Justin Wilson-directed video, she says “the ‘Punishers’ video features the story of a sad clown with little talent to give…but with her heart on her sleeve, she still yearns to be a star.”
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. “There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming,” Eleanor 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.
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.”
Die Spitz is taking their infamous riotous live show, which regularly feature dueling cartwheels, climbing of rafters and solos while crowdsurfing, on the road this fall on a tour that includes support dates with Viagra Boys and a headline run in support of Something to Consume. All dates below.
Die Spitz is Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Eleanor Livingston, and Kate Halter.
North America Tour Dates:
09/10 - Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl * - SOLD OUT
09/11 - Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl * - SOLD OUT
09/12 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo * - SOLD OUT
09/13 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo * - SOLD OUT
09/14 - Forest Grove, OR @ McMenamins Grand Lodge * - SOLD OUT
09/17 - Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre *
09/18 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
09/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
09/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory at the Masquerade
09/23 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
09/25 - New York, NY @ Avant Gardner * - SOLD OUT
09/26 - Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
09/27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall * - SOLD OUT
10/05 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
10/07 - Boise, ID @ The Shredder
10/09 - Vancouver, Canada @ Wise Hall
10/10 - Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga - SOLD OUT
10/11 - 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
10/18 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
10/24 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's
11/07 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head
11/08 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
11/11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
11/14 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
11/15 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
11/18 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
11/22 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records - SOLD OUT
11/23 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records
* w/ Viagra Boys
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.”
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
