Austin four-piece Die Spitz have announced that their debut album, Something to Consume, will arrive on September 12 via Third Man Records. Newly released lead single “Throw Yourself to the Sword” is a metal-leaning rager with an absolutely destructive guitar line kicking things off. I don’t know much about the history of the metal shuffle, but Die Spitz are doing it to great effect here. “Throw yourself / To the sword / Take what’s mine / Then I take / Two times more” is poised to be the rallying cry of the summer.
The band’s Ellie Livingston explained that the track is “a high-energy ode to what we want young people to feel. There’s a lot of existentialism and despair in other songs on the album that still sheath the same theme, but ‘Throw Yourself to the Sword’ is the raise of optimism. Despite living in a state of mundanity or hopelessness, you can still rise up and fight the unknown, as long as you’re willing to throw yourself to it.”
Check out the laundromat-based clip for “Throw Yourself to the Sword” below, and pre-order Something to Consume here.
