Die Die Die - Form
4/5
Sometimes, it's not where you're from, but where you're going.
Die Die Die are from Dunedin, but any connection with the reverential "Dunedin sound" starts and stops with the fact that Die Die Die and Dunedin both start with D, and that's about it.
On Form, this trio's
third album the listener is served a nine-song degustation menu of minimalistic pop-punk. No, make that punk-pop, that gets better with repeat servings. By the way, that's punk-pop with a capital P, written on the cool kid's army bag at school. And, nay, drop the pop, baby, this is punk.
Lame generational references aside, Form showcases a band that are based in Auckland and spend an awful lot of time on the road.
The result? A concise, tight, approach to songwriting that maximises their collective talents.
Die Die Die are blessed with what can be described only as a propulsive rhythm section that underscores Andrew Wilson's slightly skewed melodic guitar lines and ever-so-shouty vocals.
They may be from Dunedin, but they're going to other aural places.
