Die Spitz

Die Spitz
Die Spitz live in 2025
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, USA
Genres	Grunge • punk rock • heavy metal
Years active	2022–present
Label	Third Man Records
Members	Ava Schrobilgen Eleanor Livingston Kate Halter Chloe de St. Aubin
Website	https://www.diespitz.com/

Die Spitz is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, consisting of guitarist/singer/drummer Ava Schrobilgen, guitarist/singer Eleanor Livingston, bassist Kate Halter, and drummer/singer/guitarist Chloe de St. Aubin. Their debut album Something to Consume was released in September 2025.¹

Schrobilgen and Livingston have known each other since age three and met Halter in middle school; de St. Aubin was a later social media friend.² They formed the band in 2022, and their name Die Spitz is (misspelled) German for "the pointed" or "the tip." (Correct German would be „Die Spitze“).³ Several media outlets have reported that the band formed when the members were inspired by the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt,⁴ though the band disdains this origin story.²

Their first EP Revenge of Evangeline was released in late 2022 and attracted widespread notice in their home city of Austin, Texas,² leading to frequent local performances and several appearances at the annual SXSW festival.⁵ The band has been noted for featuring three lead singers on alternating songs, while de St. Aubin and Schrobilgen trade instruments on some songs.⁶ In 2023 they released another EP titled Teeth,⁷ which won an Album of the Year award in Austin the following year.² They have opened tours for bands including Amyl and the Sniffers, Off!, and Sleater-Kinney.³ A tour of England in 2025 attracted the attention of Metal Hammer, which called Die Spitz "the best new band in the world."⁵ They signed with Third Man Records in early 2025,⁸ and worked with producer Will Yip on their debut full-length album Something to Consume, which was released in September of that year.⁹

Paste magazine has praised Die Spitz as "the real, explosive deal, unleashing some of the best rock and roll that Gen Z has to offer."⁴ Spin has called the band "one of the most riotous new live bands on the planet."³

Reviewers have categorized Die Spitz's music as grunge,¹⁰ heavy metal and punk rock.¹¹ The band have disputed their categorization as punk due to their focus on melody and composition, and their interests in a wide variety of genres.¹¹ The band lists influences ranging from heavy metal⁸ to pop-punk¹² to grunge.¹⁰ They have cited specific influences including Title Fight,¹³ Fleshwater, Deftones, Mudhoney, PJ Harvey,¹⁴ Nirvana,¹⁵ Veruca Salt,¹⁶ Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden.¹⁷ Stereogum writer Brad Sanders put them among his "New Heavy Metal Movie Canon" stating that "Sometimes Die Spitz sound like Megadeth or High On Fire; sometimes they sound like L7 or Babes In Toyland or Tool or Soundgarden. Often, they sound like a combination of all the above."¹⁸

Their lyrics are informed by political activism,¹⁹ leading some journalists to draw comparisons with the 1990s riot grrl movement.²⁰ The Fader has described the band's lyrics as "a wrecking ball against oppression and the tyranny of dark forces that suppress others."⁹

• Ava Schrobilgen – guitar, vocals, occasional drums
• Eleanor Livingston – guitar, vocals
• Kate Halter – bass
• Chloe de St. Aubin – drums, vocals, occasional guitar

Albums

• Something to Consume (2025)

EPs

• Revenge of Evangeline (EP, 2022)
• Teeth (EP, 2023)