When the Venn diagram of passion, friendship, identity, and artistry collide, it can feel as iffighting words are spitting from your veins. And as postmodern society crumbles, Die Spitzgiddily bounce between a dozen different ways to push back. If the world of rock music were anice cream shop, the Austin quartet have sampled each flavor, flipped the freezer over, andstarted dancing with the employees they helped unionize. On their debut album, Something toConsume (due Sept 12 via Third Man Records), Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, EllieLivingston, and Kate Halter fight against the inescapable consumption that surrounds life.“There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming,” Livingston says.And as the foursome trade off instruments, swapping songwriting and vocal duties, andgenerating powerful songwriting in concussive bursts, Die Spitz have created their own littlepocket of the world where we can all stand on the edge together.That unity comes in part from the deep bonds between the 22-year-olds. All four are Austinnatives, with Schrobilgen and Livingston having met in preschool, befriending Halter in middleschool, and immediately bringing De St. Aubin into their inner circle when they formed theband in 2022. The group was initially just looking to find reasons to hang out more often, anddecided to start a band after a late-night viewing of the Mötley Crüe movie The Dirt. Thoughthey’ve only been playing together a few years (not to mention Halter only learning to play bassto start the band), Something to Consume shows a maturity and technical prowess always wieldedin service of their profound friendship.