DITZ know the right way to hook you. It’s one of many many causes we dubbed them a Band To Watch. The Brighton combo launched By no means Exhale, among the best albums of the yr to this point, and should not performed but. As we speak, they’ve dropped two new singles “Don Enzo Magic Carpet Salesman” and “Kalimba Music,” which can be found as a 12″ through Metropolis Slang.
I’m not normally one for a nine-minute single as a result of, nicely, my consideration span is shit. However DITZ handle to drag me alongside for all the beguiling journey of “Don Enzo Magic Carpet Salesman.” The epic monitor begins off eerie and somewhat whimsical with a lulling melody. That taunting lullaby high quality clashes splendidly with frontperson’s C.A. Francis’ simmering-then-volcanic vocals. The tune then erupts with frenetic punk readability, bulldozing in the direction of a trip-hoppy prog-rock detour. Nonetheless removed from completed, it will get a bit funky and glitchy. It’s so fucking rad.
Francis defined:
“Don Enzo” started as a demo Jack Looker made after our touring wrapped early within the yr. It began as one quick motion, however after I added lyrics and despatched it again, he returned it with 5 extra minutes of music, making a three-part construction. The tune displays my frustration with AI artwork – the primary half reacting to the problem, the second written from the AI’s perspective, and the ultimate part representing the final gasp of actual artwork earlier than being overwhelmed by synthetic output.
The B-side “Kalimba Music” is equally sudden, however much less caustic. Its sound recollects the glory daze of ’90s various music the place trip-hop and percussive rabbit holes reigned supreme. Francis added that it “got here from a hungover writing session at Brighton’s 17b studio with Jack and Sam Evans. The monitor grew out of layering random sounds whereas listening to Portishead and Large Assault, with the Kalimba pattern lifted from a minute of spontaneous noodling.”
Take heed to each songs under.
The restricted version 12″ is out there 11/28 through Metropolis Slang Information. Pre-order right here.