SPILL NEWS: DIE SPITZ ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘SOMETHING TO CONSUME’ OUT SEPT 12 VIA THIRD MAN RECORDS | WATCH THE VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE “THROW YOURSELF TO THE SWORD” | TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

DIE SPITZ ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SOMETHING TO CONSUME OUT SEPT 12 VIA THIRD MAN RECORDS | TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE “THROW YOURSELF TO THE SWORD”

As postmodern society crumbles, Texas four-piece Die Spitz combine their passion, friendship, identity, and artistry to fight against the inescapable decay that surrounds life on their debut album, Something to Consume, due Sept 12 via Third Man Records. “There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming,” Ellie 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.

The Austinites express their ideas through a blend of classic punk, hardcore, metal, alt rock and more. The group has become known for their riotous live shows, where dueling cartwheels, climbing of rafters and solos while crowdsurfing could happen at any moment. “Something to Consume is an album experience for everyone. Whether you’re craving a smack of lively metal or a melancholy wave of grungey violin, there’s a piece of all of us injected. Something to Consume is a call to the multitudes of ways we as humans allow consumption to enrapture our culture as well as ourselves.”

That shapeshifting strength comes into full view on the explosive lead single “Throw Yourself to the Sword”, released today alongside a video by Emily Sanchez. “‘Throw Yourself to the Sword’ 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,” Ellie Livingston explains.

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.”

Additionally, Die Spitz is announcing a headline tour behind Something to Consume. All dates below.

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

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. The beguiling “Pop Punk Anthem” somehow encapsulates elements throughout that large musical swath, building from roiling verses to a growled chorus. “It may sound like a love song at first, but when the beat kicks in it’s the obsession that takes over,” Schrobilgen says. “The words ‘you’re a part of me’ sound loving but it can be an insane emotion and privilege over someone else’s life.”

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.”

Tour Dates

Jul 11, 2025 Two Thousand Trees Festival Cheltenham, UK
Jul 12, 2025 The Craufurd Arms Milton Keynes, UK
Jul 13, 2025 Sjock Festival Tielen, BE
Jul 15, 2025 Cassiopeia Berlin, DE
Jul 16, 2025 Molotow Hamburg, DE
Jul 17, 2025 Helios 37 Cologne, DE
Jul 18, 2025 Paradiso Amsterdam, NL
Jul 19, 2025 Deichbrand Festival Cuxhaven, DE
Sep 20, 2025 Shaky Knees Festival Atlanta, GA
Oct 5, 2025 Marquis Theater Denver, CO
Oct 7, 2025 The Shredder Boise, ID
Oct 10, 2025 Baba Yaga Seattle, WA
Oct 14, 2025 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
Oct 16, 2025 Lodge Room Los Angeles, CA
Oct 17, 2025 Soda Bar San Diego, CA
Oct 24, 2025 Stubb’s Austin, TX
Nov 7, 2025 Resonant Head Oklahoma City, OK
Nov 8, 2025 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS
Nov 11, 2025 Cactus Club Milwaukee, WI
Nov 14, 2025 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
Nov 14, 2025 Bar Le Ritz PDB Montreal, QC
Nov 22, 2025 The Blue Room at Third Man Records Nashville, TN

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Photo Credit: Kylie Bly