Die Spitz Debuts Explosive Album 'Something to Consume'

Die Spitz, the Austin, TX four-piece, release their explosive debut album, Something to Consume, today via Third Man Records.

On Something to Consume, Die Spitz combine their passion, friendship, identity, and artistry to fight against the inescapable decay that surrounds modern life. “There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming,” Eleanor Livingston says. And as the band trade off instruments, swapping songwriting and vocal duties, and generating powerful songwriting in concussive bursts, Die Spitz have created their own little pocket of the world where we can all stand on the edge together, as showcased by the album’s singles “Throw Yourself to the Sword,” “Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay),” “Punishers,” and “RIDING WITH MY GIRLS,” released today alongside a video by Bita Ghassemi.

Something to Consume moves with rapturous conviction thanks in part to the deft production hand of Studio 4’s Will Yip (Turnstile, Mannequin Pussy). Though only recently in their 20s, Die Spitz’s impressive musicianship ties them clearly to a long lineage of frustrated people hoping to inspire change. “Some people aren’t interested in being political activists via music, but it weighs on me heavily and I feel misaligned with my calling if I don’t,” Chloe De St. Aubin says. “The four of us are free spirits with multiple interests, and there’s no limit or power dynamic that can derail us.”

Die Spitz is currently on tour supporting Viagra Boys, with a headline run kicking off next month. Their infamous riotous live show, which regularly feature dueling cartwheels, climbing of rafters and solos while crowdsurfing, is not to be missed. All dates below.

Die Spitz is Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Eleanor Livingston, and Kate Halter.

WATCH THE “RIDING WITH MY GIRLS” VIDEO

North America Tour Dates:

09/10 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl * – SOLD OUT

09/11 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl * – SOLD OUT

09/12 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo * – SOLD OUT

09/13 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo * – SOLD OUT

09/14 – Forest Grove, OR @ McMenamins Grand Lodge * – SOLD OUT

09/17 – Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre *

09/18 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *

09/20 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival

09/20 – Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory at the Masquerade

09/23 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *

09/25 – New York, NY @ Avant Gardner * – SOLD OUT

09/26 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem *

09/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall * – SOLD OUT

10/01 – El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez Theatre ^ – SOLD OUT

10/05 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater

10/07 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder

10/09 – Vancouver, Canada @ Wise Hall

10/10 – Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga – SOLD OUT

10/11 – Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga

10/14 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill – SOLD OUT

10/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room

10/17 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

10/18 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room

10/24 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s

11/07 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head

11/08 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck

11/11 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club

11/14 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern

11/15 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB

11/18 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

11/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church

11/22 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records – SOLD OUT

11/23 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records

* w/ Viagra Boys

^ w/ The Strokes

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. “‘Riding With My Girls’ is exactly how it sounds. Leaving your old self behind and jumping into a life only seen in dreams, all becomes possible when you rely and gain energy from the beautiful gift that comes from femininity and friendship. Leave all the things you hate and the people dragging you down behind. You got bigger fish to fry,” Eleanor Livingston says.

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.”