ALBUM REVIEW: DITZ – Never Exhale

ROM/Domino

Released: 24.01.25

Never Exhale is a perfectly apt title for a band who spend as much time on the road as DITZ, writing this record in borrowed rehearsal spaces and on taxi journeys. It’s the logical next step from debut The Great Regression, but there’s little logical about DITZ’s sound, from stomping metallic riffs on the ageing Senor Siniestro to the fierce blips of God On Speed Dial and the calm after-the-storm urban decay smell of Smells Like Something Died In Here. Ironically, the most structured track is the personal politics of The Body As A Structure.

It’s hard to capture a band like DITZ, whose appeal lies in their chaotic live shows, on tape, but Never Exhale succeeds regardless.