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DZ DEATHRAYS REVEAL NEW SINGLE “TOTAL MELTDOWN” + ANNOUNCE ALBUM BLOODY LOVELY Out February 2, 2018 on I OH YOU
I OH YOU Records’s thrash-party Australian duo DZ Deathrays have announced their new album, Bloody Lovely, with the release of their newest single “Total Meltdown”. The album, titled Bloody Lovely, their anticipated follow up to their ARIA Award-winning Black Rat will be released on February 2nd, 2018.
Listen to “Total Meltdown” At Youtube and Spotify
To couple with the release of ‘Total Meltdown’, the band collaborated with director Guss Mallmann to create an innovative Instagram Story quiz in which viewers must try to guess the lyrics of the song. This was premiered through Spotify US/AU and DZ Deathrays account to a total just of just shy of 1.5 million Instagram followers. Follow @dzdeathraysInstagram story now to see it.
Littering their signature thrash-party attitude all over “Total Meltdown”, DZ Deathrays (Shane Parsons on vocals/guitar and Simon Ridley on drums) have produced a song that is rambunctious, loud and undeniably fun. Seeing its first glimmer of light as a riff during pre-production for standalone single “Blood On My Leather” in early 2016, the idea kept popping up according to Parsons:
“It took about 6 attempts at a chorus until we came up with what it is now, which is why the lyrics in the chorus have nothing to do with those in the verse. It’s a little disjointed lyrically but it’s become a big anthem of the new record and a favourite of ours!”
“Total Meltdown” follows on from “Shred For Summer” , the single that saw the duo smash back into collective consciousness in August this year, and “Bad Influence”.
Bloody Lovely is the DZ Deathrays expanded universe: the perfect amalgamation of all that has come before it, but kicking in the afterburners, and shooting into the stratosphere as we all hold on for dear life. Named for a perfectly Australian turn of phrase (favoured by the father of Parsons’ girlfriend: “it’s brutal and beautiful, and super Aussie”, says Shane) it’s a fully-formed progression from their first two albums
Bloodstreams (2012) and Black Rat (2014).
With Parsons in Sydney and Ridley in Brisbane, Bloody Lovely came together in bits and pieces last year while the duo toured the US, UK, Europe and locally with festival sets and a tour with label mates Violent Soho. The album was recorded at the beginning of this year again with Burke Reid at The Grove Studios where the duo’s last album
Black Rat was born.
So far 2017 has seen DZ conquer the UK, Europe and China on headline tour dates as well as play on a couple of festivals on home soil. The duo have just been announced on the bill for Fluvial, SIM São Paulo and Festival En Órbita in South America.
Stay tuned for US dates in the new year!
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DZ DEATHRAYS REVEAL NEW SINGLE ‘TOTAL MELTDOWN’
+ ANNOUNCE ALBUM BLOODY LOVELY DUE FOR RELEASE FRI 2 FEB 2018
+ FREE SHOW AT CHERRY BAR THIS SAT 4 NOV
I OH YOU are beyond psyched to reveal three very exciting updates from your favourite thrash-party duo DZ Deathrays! Making its radio debut on triple j Good Nights, the band’s second official single ‘Total Meltdown’ was revealed overnight along with the name and release date of DZ’s third LP. Titled Bloody Lovely, the pair’s hotly anticipated follow up to ARIA Award-winning Black Rat will be released on Friday 2 February 2018. In celebration of all of the above, DZ will play an exclusive free show at Melbourne’s Cherry Bar this Saturday 4 November supported by Press Club. Walk ups only, first in best dressed!
To couple with the release of ‘Total Meltdown’, the band collaborated with director Guss Mallmann to create an innovative Instagram Story quiz in which viewers must try to guess the lyrics of the song. This was premiered through Spotify US/AU and DZ Deathrays Instagram accounts to a total just of just shy of 1.5 million Instagram followers. Follow @dzdeathrays Instagram story now to see it.
Littering their signature thrash-party attitude all over ‘Total Meltdown’, DZ Deathrays (Shane Parsons on vocals/guitar and Simon Ridley on drums) have produced a song that is rambunctious, loud and undeniably fun. Seeing its first glimmer of light as a riff during pre-production for standalone single ‘Blood On My Leather’ in early 2016, the idea kept popping up according to Parsons:
“It took about 6 attempts at a chorus until we came up with what it is now, which is why the lyrics in the chorus have nothing to do with those in the verse. It’s a little disjointed lyrically but it’s become a big anthem of the new record and a favourite of ours!”
‘Total Meltdown’ follows on from ‘Shred For Summer’, the single that saw the Bundaberg-hailing duo smash back into collective consciousness in August this year, and ‘Bad Influence’ – a little taste of the forthcoming album, Bloody Lovely, that kept fans frothing for more!
Bloody Lovely is the DZ Deathrays expanded universe: the perfect amalgamation of all that has come before it, but kicking in the afterburners, and shooting into the stratosphere as we all hold on for dear life. Named for a perfectly Australian turn of phrase (favoured by the father of Parsons’ girlfriend: “it’s brutal and beautiful, and super Aussie”, says Shane) it’s a fully-formed progression from their first two albums Bloodstreams (2012) and Black Rat(2014).
With Parsons in Sydney and Ridley in Brisbane, Bloody Lovely came together in bits and pieces last year while the duo toured the US, UK, Europe and locally with festival sets and a tour with label mates Violent Soho. The album was recorded at the beginning of this year again with Burke Reid at The Grove Studios where the duo’s last album Black Rat was born.
So far 2017 has seen DZ conquer the UK, Europe and China on headline tour dates as well as play on a couple of festivals on home soil. The duo have just been announced on the bill for Fluvial, SIM São Paulo and Festival En Órbita in South America.
We don’t know about you but geez we reckon having DZ Deathrays back is Bloody Lovely!
DZ DEATHRAYS
NOVEMBER 2017
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PRESS CLUB
Saturday 4 November
Cherry Bar | Melbourne, VIC
18+
FREE! Walk ups only. First in best dressed.
‘Total Meltdown’
DZ Deathrays
Out now through I OH YOU
Available for streaming & purchase here
Bloody Lovely Album
DZ Deathrays
Out Friday 2 February 2018 through
I OH YOU
Pre-order available here
The words of Simon Ridley, the drummer for DZ Deathrays!
How did you start?
Shane and I had been friends since high school and we both moved to Brisbane to do university. Eventually we formed a 3 piece band but ended up losing our drummer so then I just started playing drums and we decided to keep it as a two piece because we couldn’t find anyone else who was as dedicated as we were (also were huge DFA1979 fans at the time who are a 2 piece).
Please give an example of your music writing process?
It’s changed a lot over the years, at the moment we do it all over email because we live in different cities. One of us will send a riff or drum beat idea to the other and we just keep adding things to it and cutting it up and rearranging it until it’s somewhat complete. Then once we compile a group of say 4 or 5 songs we get together in a jam room for a few days and try play them and see if they work or not.
What are you working on right now?
The finishing touches on our third album.
What is your gear setup?
It’s starting to get a little extensive between all of us to list everything. However my touring rig is usually just a Yamaha maple or oak custom.
1 rack, 1 floor, 1 – 18″ Paiste dark energy crash, 1- 21″ Twenty Paiste crash/ride and some 14″ 2002 Paiste hats. Shane’s in the middle of configuring a new pedal board for himself and our session guitarist Lachy so who knows what he’ll end up with on there.
What do you like to do outside of music and does it affect your music?
Nothing really exciting: movies, drinking, does seeing bands count?
How would you describe your music genre?
I’d say it’s just Rock. I’m pretty over having to describe our sound in a three word niche style like ‘cyber-keytar-wave’, or ‘Hard-thrash-polka’.
Do you know any music theory?
I’ve learnt some here and there over the years. I’ve got a diploma of audio engineering but it barely touched on musical theory.
What are your plans for the future?
Put out album 3!! Hopefully it won’t bomb and then I won’t have to go find a real job for a few more years.
How did you get into music?
In high school I had a group of friends who started playing guitar and in lunch breaks we’d go in and jam around on the schools shitty acoustic guitars.
Then my friends started making bands to play at friend’s parties and it just kinda kept on going.
What are you listening to at the moment?
I always end up listening to Beck at the moment. Also a bit of M|O|O|N and occasionally some Sinatra. Also just listened to a band from Sydney called Rackett’s new ep. It’s pretty good.
Who are your top 5 influencers and icons?
In no particular order – Beck and Trent Reznor (Both for their writing styles and also because they write/record/produce everything themselves), Jimmy Chamberlin (amazing drumming style), Lemmy (just all round legend, plus his book is fucking amazing) and finally probably Shane (it’s pretty hard not to be influenced by someone you hang out with all the time).
When are you playing next?
Next month at Big Pineapple fest on the Sunshine Coast.
