Maybe Mars & Genjing Records Present
New Zealand Noise Rockers – Die! Die! Die!
Having spent the better part of the past 10 years on the road, Die! Die! Die!\’s existence has been a kinetic one: movement, stop, movement, stop, movement. It continues in 2016 as the band heads back to China in support of their 2015 EP \’What Did You Expect\’
These New Zealand noise rockers are no strangers to China, having wowed fans across eleven cities in 2011 and performing at the legendary Beijing venue D-22 in 2009, they\’re back again for a nine-city tour culminating in two shows with rising Maybe Mars stars Birdstriking and a prime slot at Shanghai\’s Concrete & Grass music festival.
\’What Did You Expect\’ serves as the follow-up to Die! Die! Die!\’s 2014 release, the band\’s fifth full-length studio album \’S W I M.\’ The five tracks on \’What did You Expect\’ instinctively move between moments of urgency and despondency; where barbed chords haze over Michael\’s bludgeoning drum rolls as front-man Andrew Wilson chokes his way through the barrage of frenetic fuzz. Not only does the EP see Die! Die! Die!\’s establish themselves as seasoned authorities on noise-rock but it also reiterates the band\’s impressive ability to instill solid melodies over, under and within all the chaos.
Formed in 2003, Die! Die! Die!\’s recordings and live performances have received critical acclaim and worldwide notoriety that no band from their native Dunedin, New Zealand had seen since the eighties heyday of Flying Nun. When the legendary label reformed in 2010 Die! Die! Die! was one of the first new artists to be signed.
Die! Die! Die! embody a vitality long since absent from the rock and punk circuits. There is no rehearsed set of messages, postures or stage antics: cutting to the quick, their songs and live delivery are nothing short of awe-inspiring. Without the aid of gimmicks, hype or pretense, Die! Die! Die! aim to appeal to all walks of life without alienating anyone.
Cathartic, direct, indispensable… You will know them as DIE! DIE! DIE!
80/100 RMB
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