DZ Deathrays share ‘Skyline’ from forthcoming album Easing Out of Control out Jan 16
PRAISE FOR DZ Deathrays
“Bloodstreams, Black Rat”
“Bloodstreams, Black Rat, Bloody Lovely”
“Positive Rising: Pt 1”
“More than worth going deaf to”
“Brilliant videos and songs and a great sense of humour and style”
“tapping back into the colourful, nigh-on hedonistic experimentalism of their early work... while amping up the shred to reach a level of raw, primal punk energy only hinted at on previous efforts. The title stands for 'Remember It's For Fun', and here DZ Deathrays wholeheartedly embody that ethos”
“Moody Aussie noisemakers DZ Deathrays bring the concept album back to life. Again...”
“The world may be a mess, but there's still fun to be had, and DZ Deathrays deliver it in spades. A tactile and vivacious undertaking that makes you think while lashing you with oscillating punk and more modern textures, R.I.F.F is modern rock cooked to perfection”
“They speak to my soul. It just feels good listening to their music”
“It's built on the intuitive interplay between Parsons and Ewbank, whose heavily textured playing doesn't always sound like guitars — more like a twin malevolent force that every so often waxes celestial, like sunlight spearing through storm clouds”
DZ DEATHRAYS
Easing Out Of Control LP
Jan 16 via DZ Worldwide
PRE-SAVE HERE
LP TRACKLIST
Easing Out Of Control
Sideways
Pissing In The Breeze
Real Love
Skyline
Like No Other
First Night Fever
Ordinary Life
Demolition
Warped
‘Skyline‘ by DZ Deathrays is out now, buy/stream it here.
Following the release of their unexpected piano-led track ‘Real Love’, Australian punk trio DZ Deathrays return with ‘Skyline’, the second single from their upcoming sixth album Easing Out of Control due Jan 16. Shifting gears into shimmering indie-rock territory, the track offers a more reflective dimension to the band’s sound – less barbed, more spacious, but still grounded in the tension that runs through all their work. LISTEN HERE + PRE-SAVE LP HERE.
Written while driving toward Sydney, ‘Skyline’ captures the kind of clarity that arrives when you stop searching for it. “It’s a note to my future self”, says frontman Shane Parsons. “That moment where you zone out and everything makes a bit more sense.” Musically, it leans into the melodic sensibilities of early-2000s indie, with The Strokes serving as a clear reference point, but filtered through DZ’s heavier, more volatile palette.
“Skyline is an idea that leans more into the indie rock world of DZ,” Parsons says. “A place I personally love – anything 2000s – but also a place that melody and interesting tones can come to the forefront.” That tension between grit and clarity is embodied in Lachlan Ewbank’s glitched-out solo, warping a moment of catharsis into something slightly surreal.
Due out January 16, Easing Out Of Control was recorded across two sessions, with additional work completed in the band’s home studios. Longtime collaborator Luke Henery (Violent Soho) contributes bass on several tracks. Originally imagined as two separate EPs, the album gradually evolved into a cohesive whole—one that explores new territory without shedding the band’s core identity. There’s still plenty of chaos, but it’s balanced by restraint, texture, and an expanding emotional register.
DZ Deathrays remain one of Australia’s most consistently shape-shifting rock acts. Since their 2012 debut Bloodstreams, the band have sidestepped stagnation with each release—from the riff-driven scale of Positive Rising to the unpredictability of 2023’s R.I.F.F.. Along the way, they’ve shared stages with Foo Fighters, headlined venues like The Tivoli and The Enmore, and carved out a firm place in the national psyche, with multiple entries in triple j’s Hottest 100.
To mark the release of Easing Out of Control, DZ will head out on a national tour across January and February 2026. Known for their sharp, high-impact live shows, the tour will see them translate the album’s expanded sound to stages around the country.
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