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'The Great Regression' is the debut album from DITZ released on 4th March 2022 via Alcopop records. Buy/stream here: https://ditzband.bandcamp.com
Dinked Edition (limited to 500 copies): https://dinkededition.co.uk/ditz-the-great-regression

Stream DITZ's debut album 'The Great Regression' here: https://bfan.link/the-great-regression

Artwork by Jay Bartlett
Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Ben Hampson at Agricultural Audio
Mastered by Katie Tavini at Weird Jungle
Released on Alcopop! Records

DITZ UK + EU SHOWS 
Tickets: linktr.ee/ditzband

2022 LIVE DATES
15/03 - Independent, Sunderland, UK
18/03 - Nice N' Sleazy, Glasgow, UK
19/03 - Legends, Edinburgh, UK
20/03 - Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
21/03 - Hare & Hounds 2, Birmingham, UK
22/03 - Louisiana, Bristol, UK
23/03 - Cavern, Exeter, UK
24/03 - Shacklewell Arms, London, UK
25/03 - The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, UK
01/04 - The Chameleon, Nottingham, UK
02/04 - Fair Play Festival, Manchester, UK
04/04 - Mc Daid's, Le Havre, France
05/04 - La Cartonnerie, Reims, France (co-headline w/ BRNS)
06/04 - L'Hydrophone, Lorient, France (co-headline w/ DUMA)
07/04 - Antipode, Rennes, France (co-headline w/ Structures)
08/04 - Le Poco Loco, Clermont-Ferrand, France (co-headline w/ Penelope Isles)
09/04 - Point Ephemere, Paris, France
14/04 - The Hope & Ruin, Brighton (supporting Protomartyr) - sold out
30/04 - Sound City Festival, Liverpool, UK
13/05 - Les Nuits Botanique, Brussels, Belgium (supporting Pigsx7)
28/05 - Sea Change Festival, Totnes, UK
08/07 - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, UK
16/07 - Ulltra Festival, Hull, UK
22/07 - Truck Festival, Oxford, UK
29/07 - Resident (instore), Brighton, UK (performance + signing) 

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The Warden

Three

Summer Of The Shark

Ded Würst

Clocks

The Next 20th Century

Cast of Characters:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals, lyrics, acoustic guitar and composition
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST strings and mellotron
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – upright double bass, plucked and bowed
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – piano
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson custom T model electric guitar, Danelectro baritone electric guitar, and e-bow
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – production, mix, and mastering

Carl came up with this song at the beginning of November on his acoustic guitar, and shared it with the rest of us shortly after. Carl is a songwriting supernova, in case you're unfamiliar with our newest addition to the team. We're always excited and grateful to get to work on his music.
Mark was first to add his parts, although he tweaked them throughout the process. His work can be heard in the dramatic string arrangement and mellotron at the crescendo. Josh was next to jump in, adding his new upright bass to the song. He played not only the plucked part, but the bowed part in the strings section, too. Ken came along next with his perfect drums to complete the rhythm section. JJ wanted in on this, too, so he added the foundational piano you hear throughout. Last, but not least, Stephen dropped in his electrifying guitar solo and the accompanying textural chords using is Danelectro baritone guitar, followed at the very end by his magical e-bow part.
Once it was all in the bag, we asked Tez to produce and mix it for us, which he did in his always expert fashion.
This is our latest song of which Carl is the author. He's been making music with us for the past half a year now, and we can't get enough of his abundant creativity. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Also, Carl had this to say about his lyrics, "Labels and putting each other in a particular box is causing big problems on the planet. The song's meaning is born from trying to take labels out of our lessons. In a polarized world, the song pines how we will likely learn lessons properly if we leave ego out of what we are trying to learn. Maybe our art has more relevance for future generations if we do that instead of bolting it to the current people or ideas causing us problems."
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Let's play cards
You lying runt
Word poker perfect
A joker to hunt
Motor makeup mouth
Dadless brain itched
Our sith can shout
Cycle of old child bewitched

Leave out the names
Remove their power
Lessons find refrain
Fake turned to flower

All liars die
'As honest tongue
Dinnseanchas signs our true right and wrong
Transmutation
Time understood
Truth trump card for hate
More blossomed love

Leave out the names
Teach tomorrow's hour
Lessons find refrain
Pure honest power

Lies from power
Carry hidden agenda
Justice can save us from these malady members
Unless they break our sacred norms
They've changed the game with iron fisted porn

Leave out the names
Control our stream
Lessons mute ego
Brutes turn to dream

The system protects us from crazy one
One system collective
Agreement by sum
Normals described
Standards of power
Transmutation of evil
Never named gives real flower

Let's label our love
Let's teach that today
Let lessons of dove
Show us our way

Leave out the names
Remove their power
Lessons find refrain
Fake turned to flower

Leave out the names
Teach tomorrow hour
Lessons find refrain
Pure honest power

Leave Out the Names (Eclectic Collective)

Illinois

Casimir Pulaski Day

Chicago

First Collection: 2006-2009

Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

Sun It Rises

Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois

Remind Me Tomorrow

No One's Easy to Love

Saint Cloud

Lilacs

The Next 20th Century

Father John Misty

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