Tim(guitar) Damo(drums&vocals) Dave(bass&vocals) Jay(vocals) Mat(guitar)
After a period of relative hibernation occasionally broken by forays into the live realm in the 3 years since their Upstream 7” was released, Between The Devil And The Deep are exiting the cave with their debut album Paper Spine firmly in hand(released March 2nd 2012).
The album is the result of years of work; an entire album written and scrapped, more writing, half an album recorded and lost, hours spent in Production Ave, Jungle and 301 studios and two pregnancies so that the band could emerge with these songs.
As with Upstream, BTDATD enlisted Lachlan Mitchell (The Jezabels, I Exist, Lungs) to produce, engineer and mix the 12 tracks before sending them to Alan Douches (Bear Vs Shark, These Arms Are Snakes) at West West Side in New York to master the album.
The resulting album is 40 minutes of earnest post-hardcore channeling the likes of Fugazi, At The Drive-In and Bear Vs Shark by way of Modern Life Is War and Defeater. Past singles God Hates The New Facebook and Souvenirs have both received airplay on FBi, Triple J and a host of other community radio stations and God Hates The New Facebook was chosen by music journalist Dom Alessio for his top ten Australian releases of 2010.
New single The Bridgeburners is a strong indication of the approach taken for Paper Spine as a whole; caustic vocals, guitars darting between heavy riffs and angular intertwining melodies and a cathartic, driven sound(digitally released February 10th 2012 with exclusive B side track “Tuesday“).
BTDATD will be touring the album nationally with plans to take it overseas in 2012. Throughout 2011 their impressive live show saw them share stages with internationals and locals including the likes of The Get Up Kids, La Dispute, Bridge & Tunnel, Heavy Heavy Low Low, No Trigger, Such Gold, Coerce and The Nation Blue.
“This is pure post-hardcore awesomeness. It’s like Fugazi or Ohana but amplified a million times.”
- Dom Alessio, Triple J
“Without even reading their influences, you can tell they’ve listened to all the right bands. And when Jay screams I feel like my ears are going to melt. I like that feeling.”
- Richard Kingsmill, Triple J
“Between the Devil and the Deep find the perfect balance between raw intensity and sweet pop melody; think Black Flag giving the Pixies last minute haircuts on a sinking ocean liner”
- Lachlan Marks, Drum Media
