Scene News: Die! Die! Die! Return With ‘I Seek Misery’ Single and 7″ and announce tour dates in New Zealand

**‘I Seek Misery’**

Tāmaki Makaurau-based noise-punks Die! Die! Die! return with the announcement of new single ‘I Seek Misery’, lifted from the band’s upcoming 7’’, set for release October 23rd.
The double A side ‘I Seek Misery’ backed with ‘450’ is the second release from the band since they reformed their original line-up of guitarist/vocalist Andrew Wilson, drummer Michael Prain and newly returned bassist Lachlan Anderson.
‘I Seek Misery’ premiered via BLUNT Mag last week and sees Die! Die! Die! keep up the high-energy noise, this time paired alongside melodic and shoegaze flourishes.
On last year’s ‘O’ the band harkened back to their noisiest, most frenetic punk roots. On the new single Die! Die! Die! keep up the high-energy noise but with melodic and shoegaze flourishes.
The trio recorded both new tracks in a single session at Roundhead Studios in Auckland.
“‘I Seek Misery’ is about addiction and also standing in your own truth,’ says Wilson, “bringing about change to the current societal power dynamics in the ruins of a colonial empire.’  
Engineered and mixed by Steven Marr and mastered by Mikey Young (Total Control), the double A-sided single will be available on transparent blue vinyl, self-released via the band in NZ/AUS and Buzzhowl in the UK/EU.
The band also announce NZ 7” tour dates. Sad Australians, sit tight…
30/10 Hamilton, Never Project Space
31/10 Auckland, Whammy
06/11 Dunedin, Pioneer Hall
07/11 Christchurch, Dark Room
13/11 Whanganui, Secret Show
14/11 Wellington, Moon
 ‘I Seek Misery’ is out now. Double A-side 7″ available from October 23rd – pre-order now!
The long-running core team of guitarist / singer Andrew Wilson and the furious drumming of Michael Prain have been going strong since their formation as Die! Die! Die! back in 2003. In 2018, the band welcomed bassist Lachlan Anderson back into the band full time.
Since recording their debut album with Steve Albini (Shellac, Nirvana, PJ Harvey) in Chicago in 2005, Die! Die! Die! have worked with producers including Shayne Carter, Nick Roughan (The Skeptics), Chris Townend (Violent Femmes), and have written and recorded albums in New York, Dunedin, London and rural France.
Their indispensable collection of records, and their intense and unflinching live show, continue to drive their connection with audiences across the globe. Both are a telling reminder of why Die! Die! Die! are one of the most enduring and unapologetic bands to ever emerge out of New Zealand.
“One of the most prolific bands to emerge out of New Zealand’s indie, noise rock, and punk scenes over the last decade” VICE
“Die! Die! Die! could set fire to our first born and we’d still be staring at them in doe-eyed wonder” NME
“No one instrument outshines the other and the band come together symbiotically to create a great wall of sound… incredibly intense and power-filled” Echoes and Dust
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