There are basically two types of bands that currently exist on Planet Earth.
The first, the most populous species of the two, are the ones that endorse Pepsi-Air, wear matching skinny ties and cleverly cross-fade catchiness into familiarity, to create a strange nostalgic reference point that hides out somewhere in your cool step-Dad's record collection between Johnny Denver and Mick Jagger's hips/lips.
The other are the kind of band you can punch when you see them play. They won't kick you out of the venue/country. In fact, they'll encourage you do it again because it's a show of respect. And love.
Die! Die! Die! are the latter.
They're also from New Zealand and have released three albums. The latest one is called Form and it's gut-fuckingly brilliant. If you want information on where it was recorded, favorable quotes from Music News Publications and lame comparisons to other bands (included any reference to The Dunedin Sound), then you've come to the wrong place. If you go and see them play next time they're in your hometown (or near your hometown) then you've gone to the right place.
That's all you need to know.
September 6, 2010 [15:24]