Filthy, brash post-punk is the vessel that DITZ use to air their frustrations with gender norms, bigotry and the contradictions that plague society. The five-piece formed from the corners of Brighton’s music scene a decade ago, were drawn together by a shared love for anything that features a guitar and sounds best blasted from a fuzzy speaker. Their debut album, ‘The Great Regression’ (2022), was described by Pitchfork as “a rage-forward bulldozer of poetic wordplay and experimental hardcore”, while live the outfit have developed a reputation for crowd-surfing and stage-stomping.
DITZ comprises Cal (vocals), Anton (guitar), Caleb (bass), Sam (drums) and Jack (guitar) and we have been singing their praises for a number of years now! They were even selected as one of the select few bands who performed live at punk icon Jordan Mooney’s Charity Memorial Concert back in 2022 (Review HERE). IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on more than one occasion has flagged up DITZ as Brighton’s best band and so it comes as no surprise that DITZ were selected as tour support with IDLES right across Europe.
On 24th January 2025 the next DITZ chapter arrived with the unleashing of ‘Never Exhale’ which was largely recorded at Holy Mountain studios in London during a freezing cold January. The process was fraught with obstacles, the original plan, to go and record in Rhode Island, was abandoned when DITZ were offered the aforementioned support tour with IDLES, although the album was still mixed by the originally intended engineer, Seth Manchester (Model/Actriz, Lingua Ignota, Big Brave). The result was an album hardened by the pressure of its own making. Laboured but not loved. The album has its roots in the usual DITZ influences, classic noise rock such as The Jesus Lizard or Shellac, or the obtuse post punk of the Fall, but also brings in fresh influences. The closing track ‘Britney’, could be compared to Radiohead or Mogwai. Overall the album is a clear development from their first effort. A sign of things to come.
As a live outfit, DITZ always somehow manage to deliver by the bucket-load. Arguably, some would even state that the band are best enjoyed live and in the flesh. Over the past 10 years they have certainly carved their own niche and their live sets have grown in stature as a result. Thus playing larger and larger concert venues throughout the UK and Europe, but never losing sight of their grass roots. And so to that end, it has today been announced that after their 16-date European tour, (which sees them playing no less than 4 Italian dates, as well as heading off to thrill punters in Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Sweden, The Netherlands and France), DITZ will be performing an intimate show at Brighton’s iconic Prince Albert venue on Saturday 6th June. The event is being co-ordinated by Lout promoters and tickets will be going on sale this Wednesday 1st April at 10am.
Purchase yours via Lout Promotions HERE and from Dice HERE.
