DITZ announce their second album Never Exhale set for release on 24 January 2025 via Republic Of Music/Domino Publishing. In addition they have released new single ‘Space/Smile’ and confirmed details of a huge EU/UK tour to take place next year.
Never Exhale follows debut The Great Regression which was released in 2022. It covers themes around unnecessary hatred and division, personal demons and politics. It was mostly written between touring and DITZ made use of borrowed rehearsal spaces, sometimes donated by the bands they played with the night before. The plan was to record Never Exhale in a more traditional setting, but was abandoned when they were offered a support tour with IDLES.
‘Space/Smile’ is a compact first taste of the record. Vocalist C.A. Francis (they/them) shares:
“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.”
C.A. continues on the new album:
“Never Exhale feels like a logical step from The Great Regression. It’s a document of what we’ve been up to and where we’ve been as we wrote and rehearsed the majority of the album on off days between touring. Making use borrowed rehearsal spaces, sometimes donated by the bands we played with the night before. After that we’d probably debut the newly written song the next night”
It was largely recorded at Holy Mountain studios in London during a freezing cold January. Sonically 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.
Ditz Live Dates
October
19 – Stereolux – Nantes, France
November
10 – Sonic City – Kortrijk, Netherlands
30 – Nos Reves Font Du Bruit – Troyes, France
December
7 – Zeitgeist Festival – Nijmegen , Netherlands
2025
February
5 – Music Box – Lisbon, Portugal
6 – Sala El Sol – Madrid, Spain
7 – Sala Upload – Barcelona, Spain
10 – Lido – Berlin, Germany
12 – Hus – Stockholm, Sweden
13 – Underwerket – Copenhagen, Denmark
14 – Kent Club – Hamburg, Germany
15 – UT Connewitz – Leipzig, Germany
17 – Chumury – Warsaw, Poland
18 – Cafe V Lese – Prague, Czech
19 – Rhiz – Vienna, Austria
20 – Kranhalle – Munich, Germany
22 – Bogen F – Zurich, Switzerland
23 – Arci Belleza – Milan, Italy
25 – Club Transbo – Lyon, France
26 – Astrolabe – Orleans, France
27 – Antipode – Rennes, France
March
1 – La Maroquinerie – Paris, France
2 – Witloof – Brussels, Belgium
3 – Rowtown – Rotterdam, Netherlands
4 – Gebaude 9 – Cologne, Germany
5 – Rockhal – Esch-zur-Alzette, Luxembourg
6 – Vera – Gronigen, Netherlands
7 – Paradiso THT – Amsterdam, Netherlands
8 – L’Aeronef – Lille, France
25 – Hug & Pint – Glasgow, UK
26 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK
27 – Bodega – Nottingham, UK
28 – Yellow Arch – Sheffield, UK
29 – Voodoo Daddy’s, Norwich, UK
April
1 – YES Pink Room – Manchester, UK
2 – Hare & Hounds – Birmingham, UK
3 – The Garage – London, UK
4 – Chalk – Brighton, UK
7 – Control Club – Bucharest, Romania
8 – Pave Club – Sofia, Bulgaria
9 – Rover Bar – Thessaloniki, Greece
10 – Arch Club – Athens, Greece
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