Sounds: DZ Deathrays  posted by / Sounds / June 19, 2013  DZ
Deathrays  Turn it up. That’s the mantra when you’re young, as
if music could be listened to any other way. It had to be loud
enough to follow you around school or in the water for the rest
of the day, and that requires a hell of a lot of volume. So
you’d fry the speakers on your mom’s Dodge Caravan as you
headbanged your way to the beach after school. And when your mom
noticed and asked why the radio broke, you’d still blame it on
the faulty stock sound system. And not because you’re a terrible
son, but because music was meant to be loud. That’s why live
shows exist, and microphones and amplifiers and 20-inch
subwoofers. It’s why Aussie thrash-pop bands like DZ Deathrays
establish a following and have kids blowing out their parents’
6-by-9s. The Deathrays get it — they’re always loud. Loud enough
to ring in your head over the gravelly rub of surf wax. Loud
enough to stay with you through a four-hour session, despite the
sea’s futile attempts to rin