Die Spitz aren’t interested in playing nice. “American Porn,” now with an official video, is one of the clearest statements on Something to Consume, their debut album out now on Third Man Records, and it lands with intent.
The track goes straight at the kind of attention the band has been navigating since their rise. Not vague, not coded. It’s a direct pushback against the objectification that still lingers around women in rock spaces, both on stage and off. The band doesn’t dress it up. The frustration sits right at the surface.
That bluntness carries across the album. Something to Consume doesn’t separate the personal from the political. It folds everything together, identity, addiction, relationships, pressure, into something that feels immediate and a little volatile. Songs hit hard, move fast, and don’t linger long enough to get comfortable.
“American Porn” stands out because it locks into one idea and doesn’t let go. The anger is focused. The delivery is controlled. It doesn’t spiral, it lands.
The timing lines up. After a string of high-visibility festival appearances, including a breakout run at Coachella, the band is moving into a heavy tour schedule that runs through summer and deep into the fall. Multiple dates are already sold out, with rooms getting bigger as the year unfolds.
There’s a reason the early co-signs came fast. Die Spitz don’t feel polished or overworked. They feel reactive, in the best way. “American Porn” is exactly that, a reaction turned into something loud enough to hold its ground.
And that momentum doesn’t look like it’s slowing. Between festival slots like Lollapalooza and Outside Lands, and a fall run that’s already seeing sellouts in key markets, the band is moving from buzz into something more durable. The rooms are changing, but the energy isn’t. If anything, it’s getting tighter, more confrontational, more dialed in.
What’s coming into focus now is how intentional all of this is. The band trades instruments, rotates songwriting roles, and keeps control of their sound in a way that avoids flattening into a single voice. That looseness gives the songs an edge, they don’t feel overworked, they feel like they hit when they’re ready.
“American Porn” sits right in the middle of that approach. It’s not trying to be the biggest song on the record or the easiest entry point. It’s the one that says the quiet part out loud and doesn’t walk it back.
That’s why it works.
At this point, Die Spitz aren’t introducing themselves. They’re setting terms.
Featured image credit: Pooneh Ghana
