Hot off the back of their Splendour announcement, Brisbane’s DZ Deathrays have released a new video for their single Dollar Chills.
Dollar Chills is taken from their debut album Bloodstream’s and it’s super times awesome.
In the words of the boys: “The film clip has nothing to do with the lyrics of the song, it was just the most fun you could have making a film clip, that’s why we did it.”
A couple of lords from Brisbane made a band. They called themselves DZ Deathrays. They went overseas and sunk some piss. They came back. They released their debut album ‘Bloodstreams’. All our faces melted off.
With epileptic fit frantic highs and super chilled mellow lows, ‘Bloodstreams’ isn’t afraid to show all the shapes that DZ Deathrays can pull.
Shall we walk through the album together?
Bloodstreams: Intro track, don’t get lulled into a false sense of security; they are just joshing with you.
Teenage Kickstarts: Ah there you are. This is classic DZ. Aussie accent sounding through the dying cat screams and the driving drums. Brilliant.
Dollar Chills: Bringing it down a bit, the pulsating Dollar Chills is scathing against pretentious dicks in a super fun way. A nice recovery before…
Dinomight: And it’s true. A dino just might. This track is one of the most solid on the record, both lyrically and musically with shifting focus between the tune’s light and dark.
Play Dead Till You’re Dead: I used to have a cat that played dead. She was pretty crap at it. This song isn’t crap at it – it’s very good at it. Another slower tempo track with some nice sing along ‘Ahh ah ahh’s’ and a fine vocal performance by Shane Parsons. Could this be a future single?
Cops Capacity: A track written after the infamous Brisbane police shut down a show that “The Greatest DJ in the world” was playing. What’s illegal is how good this track is. If you’ve seen the Dee Zeds live before, you will for sure recognise this little clanger.
Brains: A little vocal strain and a trainspotting memory later and we have Brains. Drum heavy, scream heavy, dance your ass off heavy.
Gebbie St: A slow burning experiment for the duo. Sexy, driving and laced with bongos, Gebbie St ticks all the boxes and makes the right conversation.
No Sleep: What is sure to be a party anthem, No Sleep already kills everything else that is awesome with its super awesome film clip. It only has Arj Barker in it! Rad.
Debt Death: I had to listen to this song twice, ‘cause I started reading an article about Lady Gaga’s arse. True story. However, this track is super rad. It is like a crazy world destroying volcano and Joy division had a baby, and that baby was like, hey man, wanna start a band?
Dumb It Down: I’m going to put it out there… this is my favourite track on the album. It has an 80’s feel about it which I just can’t go past, and the vocals are just so different to the rest of the album. Plus, the hook is epic.
L.A. Lightning: I freaken love it when a riff sounds like a second vocalist. And R2D2 at the same time.
Trans Am: Last track on the album, with a softer intro overlayed with some nice feedback.. I’m loving the post punk influences that are poking out all over this album and Trans Am takes that to the next level. An absolute miracle of a song…. Oop SECRET TRACK! I remember when I had a Backstreet Boys album, and they had a secret track. That was pretty good, but this is better.
Well kids, there was the entire Bloodstreams album. I’m blown away by how much this band has grown from the little tiny seeds of potential they used to be. So listen to this album loud and on repeat and raise a drink to the kings of thrash party. In the words of L.J. Hooker, nobody does it better.
Get your hands on a copy of the album, and check them out on their Bloodstreams tour.
DZ Deathrays Bloodstreams tour w/Special guests Velociraptor
Thursday, April 12 | Elsewhere, Gold Coast
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Friday, April 13 | The Zoo, Brisbane
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Saturday, April 14 | Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Wednesday, April 18 | Beach Road Hotel, Bondi
Free Entry
Thursday, April 19 | The Patch, Wollongong
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Friday, April 20 | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Saturday, April 21 | Transit Bar, Canberra
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Wednesday, April 25 | National Hotel, Geelong
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Thursday, April 26 | Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Friday, April 27 | The Tote, Melbourne
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Saturday, April 28 | Jive, Adelaide
Tix: $12 + BF PRESALE / $16 DOOR
Thursday, May 3 | Prince Of Wale, Bunbury**
Tix: $15 + BF PRESALE / $20 DOOR
Friday, May 4 | Amplifier, Perth**
Tix: $15 + BF PRESALE / $20 DOOR
Saturday, May 5 | Mojos, Fremantle**
Tix: $15 + BF PRESALE / $20 DOOR
And here is the video for ‘No Sleep’ to get you through until you can get your hands on the album:
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