Ahead of new album Never Exhale out 24 January DITZ share new single ‘Four’. They also start their run of record in-stores this weekend, before their huge EU/UK taking place from next month. On ‘Four’, singer C.A. Francis says:
“It’s one of the few songs we’ve ever done that was finished before we started playing it. We first jammed on it together in the back of a cafe in Worcester on the way back from a show up north. The place has a tiny room specially made for bands to practice in. The lyrics refer to the commodification of queer culture. These big corporations are always trying to score points with the widest audience possible. Whether it’s drag queens advertising fast fashion or gay CEO’s, I see all of these people as sell outs. Do you think Divine would have advertised for H&M? Do you think Alan Turing would have been high up in some Silicon Valley tech company? Do you think James Baldwin would have written for Pink News? I doubt it. I think we should claim some dignity back. Then again, maybe I’m a cynic. Maybe it’s a sign of acceptance that queer people can be the villain rather than just some oppressed class. It just doesn’t sound like the kind of acceptance that I think is acceptable.”
Formed in late 2015, DITZ came together after vocalist C.A. Francis, guitarist Anton Mocock, and bassist Caleb Remnant, went to watch METZ and Lightning Bolt at Concorde 2 in Brighton, turning to each other and saying “let’s do that”, with guitarist Jack Looker and drummer Sam Evans later joining.
DITZ Live Dates
January
24 – Resident – Brighton, UK
25 – Banquet – Kingston, UK
26 – Vinilo – Southampton, UK (Matinee)
26 – Rough Trade East – London, UK (Evening)
27 – Rough Trade – Bristol, UK
February
6 – Sala El Sol – Madrid, Spain
7 – Sala Upload – Barcelona, Spain
10 – Lido – Berlin, Germany
12 – Hus – Stockholm, Sweden
13 – Huset-KBH – 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 LOW TICKETS
20 – Kranhalle – Munich, Germany
22 – Bogen F – Zurich, Switzerland
23 – Arci Belleza – Milan, Italy LOW TICKETS
25 – Club Transbo – Lyon, France
26 – Astrolabe – Orleans, France
27 – Antipode – Rennes, France
March
1 – La Maroquinerie – Paris, France LOW TICKETS
2 – Rotonde – Brussels, Belgium UPGRADED
3 – Rowtown – Rotterdam, Netherlands
4 – Gebaude 9 – Cologne, Germany
5 – Rockhal – Esch-zur-Alzette, Luxembourg
6 – Paradiso THT – Amsterdam, Netherlands
7 – Vera – Gronigen, 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 LOW TICKETS
7 – Control Club – Bucharest, Romania
8 – Pave Club – Sofia, Bulgaria
9 – Rover Bar – Thessaloniki, Greece
10 – Arch Club – Athens, Greece
11 – Zō Centro Culture Contemporanee – Catania, Italy
12 – Wishlist, Roma, Italy
For more information on DITZ please check their facebook website and instagram.