Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley (and in recent times, Lachlan Ewbank) – aka DZ Deathrays, from Queensland, Australia – have been responsible for some of the most fun music around since as far back as 2008.

Now, on June 2nd, the Brisbane group release their new full-length release, R.I.F.F, a record that is expressly designed to combat misery with melody, while also expanding the group’s sound by infusing it with more synth, more complex arrangements, while keeping all the skill riffarama you would expect from a band who have always been, at the very least, extremely exciting in all that they have done. 

This conversation was recorded in my morning, their evening, and we opened, as all the best conversations do, with UFOs… 

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