Texas four-piece Die Spitz announce themselves with one of the finest debut albums of 2025. Out September 12th on Third Man Records.

It takes all of about one minute to know you are going to absolutely love this album. In the quiet start of ‘Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry For The Delay)’ there are big guitar sounds, but as it all springs into life and goes full throttle around the one-minute mark the track then doesn’t let go and the album rarely ever lets up.

Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter are all 22 years old. All four are from Austin, Schrobilgen and Livingston met in preschool, befriended Halter in middle school, and brought in De St. Aubin when they formed the band in
2022. Signed to Jack White’s Third Man record label they are clearly influenced by a range of monster mid 90’s indie bands such as The Pixies, Nirvana and a heavier whiff of bands like Metallica and Mötley Crüe. The album flits between punk, grunge, metal and alt rock.

If you weren’t already impressed ‘Throw Yourself To The Sword’ absolutely flattens all that stands in its way. Heavy riffage and gravelly female vocals take the lead. These are seriously talented musicians. It has the audacity to end mid-guitar solo.

‘American Porn’ is another instantly classic song. Each track sounds huge, the guitar and drums all have real oomph to them. This is rock music to fill stadiums. The four members split the songwriting and trade lead vocals, each bringing something slightly different to the alt-rock party.

Track after track rocks out in style. ‘Sound To No One’ has a crunching riff. About halfway through it goes up a notch further. ‘RIDING WITH MY GIRLS’ pretty much out Turnstiles Turnstile (no, seriously!) on the hardcore front. This album is like a car driven at 100 miles per hour, without wearing seatbelts, with the passenger sticking their head out the window, whilst riding towards a beautiful sunset.

This is a truly incredible time for all female rock bands with band after band emerging at the moment. There is a certain amount of shared DNA with other great new bands like Grandma’s House and Bonnie Trash, but Die Spitz already feel like they have forced their way to the front of the pack. People who attended their recent small UK tour are all discussing it with reverential awe. They are a must book next time they are in the country.

This album is so great I don’t think I have fully processed it yet. I am going to be playing it A LOT the rest of this year. It will likely be creeping up the end of year best-of list with every play. There are no weak links on this album. Every track is fully formed. Every song intro sounds like a classic. They have set themselves a huge bar here but on this evidence they can carry on and continue to improve. Essential listening.