DIE SPITZ
SOMETHING TO CONSUME - CD
UPC: 810074424974
Label: THIRD MAN RECORDS
Format: CD
Release Date: September 12, 2025
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Die Spitz is a mayhem-inciting rock four piece from Austin TX. Founded in 2022 the quartet (Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe Andrews, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter) is known for their unruly stage presence, bombarding their crowds with a wall of sound which as Austin Monthly put it: “youthful moxie has never sounded so good”. Having become a staple of the Austin music scene they've extended beyond the state of Texas supporting national tours for legendary acts Amyl and the Sniffers, Sleater-Kinney and OFF!. After self-releasing several singles and an EP these childhood friends turned musicians will record their debut LP in the Spring of 2025.
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.”
TRACK LIST:
- Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay)
- Voir Dire
- Throw Yourself to the Sword
- American Porn
- Sound to No One
- Go Get Dressed
- Red40
- RIDING WITH MY GIRLS
- Punishers
- Down on It
- a strange moon/selenophilia
