The Great Regression Ditz SKU: ALCOPOP235XXX Barcode: 3617051702219 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Abrasive but accessible, The Great Regression is set to be one of the most important British guitar debuts of 2022. Post – Punk political and literary messages throughout this explosive album, recorded by Ben Hampson and mastered by Kate Tavini. First single ‘Ded Würst’ – a ferocious mix of Gilla Band, Foals and a lyric bemoaning the moral quandary of minimum-wage employment – unsurprisingly became an instant favourite of Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music. Other highlights include ‘The Warden’, a song all about being too intense, ironically set to an intense backing somewhere between Deftones and Mogwai, and ‘I Am Kate Moss’, which, according to singer Cal Francis, is about “the separation between your visual and personal identities, particularly within the context of masculinity and femininity”. Such themes of insecurity and gender pop up a lot over the course of the album, as well as lots of references to the human body breaking and being harmed in unnatural ways, although there’s no one overarching concept, simply because the songs have come together over such a long period of time. The title is not so much a reference to society going backwards, but more the band’s penchant for childish jokes. “Sitting in a van all day can get silly,” laughs Cal. That’s not to say The Great Regression is in any way light-hearted. It’s full of anger, rage and despair. ‘Three’ takes some text from Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 sci-fi novel Solaris and applies it to the hollow activism of everyone from big corporations to middle class uni students. Other literary touchstones include Sylvia Plath, William Burroughs and Hubert Selby Jr, but even more influential is the band’s ever-growing pile of equipment. “We spent a lot of time during the recording process just trying to make unusual sounds out of pedals, or whatever we could find,” says Cal. The album concludes with a cacophonous new version of ‘No Thanks, I’m Full’, which originally closed their debut EP in 2016. “Over the years the live version has evolved so much that we just had to record it again to do it justice,” explains Cal. “The lyrics are so old that I can’t place whether they are about the hazards of drinking or not drinking.” It’s proof of just how far DITZ have come on in that time and a reminder that, in order to progress, you need to regress. And we’ll drink to that. Or not. Artist Ditz Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Alcopop Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Clocks Ded Wurst Summer of the Shark Three The Warden I Am Kate Moss Instinct Hehe Teeth No Thanks, I'm Full Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Ditz and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Ditz Riverstone Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Alcopop | 7", Single Released 25th August 2023 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ditz Riverstone £9.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP270X Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 25th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ditz 5 Songs Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Alcopop | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 17th July 2020 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ditz 5 Songs £10.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP202X 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