''Die! Die! Die!'' is the debut studio

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Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! (sometimes styled Die!Die!Die!) is a three-piece New Zealand noise pop/Punk rock, punk/post-punk band. Formed in late 2003, the band has released seven albums, all backed with extensive international touring. A number of differen ...

. It was recorded and mixed in Chicago at

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between 21 and 24 March 2005. It was mastered by Steve Rooke at

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on 16 June 2005. It was released on 22 January 2006 on OK!Relax / Inertia Distribution in Australia and by Capital Recordings in New Zealand. The album was released in the UK in 2007 by Pet Piranha Records with 4 extra tracks, taken from the Locust Weeks EP.

Track listing

# "Like 48th St, Maybe?" – 1:02 # "Disappear Here" – 1:45 # "Franz (17 Die! Die! Die! Fans Can't Be Wrong)" – 1:39 # "Auckland Is Burning" – 3:14 # "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Mikey" – 3:00 # "Ashtray! Ashtray!" – 2:49 # "Year Nine, Yeah!" – 2:19 # "L.A Bones" – 1:19 # "Shyness Will Get You Nowhere" – 2:15 # "'Out of the Blue'" – 2:29 2005 debut albums Die! Die! Die! albums albums produced by Steve Albini {{2000s-punk-album-stub