DEB5000 Drop Debut EP DEBUTANTE Annabel Kean / Friday 2nd July, 2021 11:56AM
Before we delve into
DEB5000 s debut EP, I d like to address the supergroup of it all by mentioning band members
Jessica Dew (Ralph, Kitsunegari),
Nicole Gaffney (Carb on Carb, Bitchmagic, Mammal Airlines, Moron Says What) and
Ciara Bernstein (No Brainers, Blame Thrower, Dateless). With that out of the way.
What does the DEB in DEB5000 stand for? Deborah? Debt? Nay, it is for
DEBUTANTE, the title of the quartet s very first EP and a fitting description for these high class aristocrats of the Tāmaki Makaurau music society. Lead single RATS found itself in the SRN number two spot after it dropped one month back, and the full collection continues the theme of pests and foulness with Termite Queen (Did you know termite queens can live up to 50 years?) and ode to IBS Bad Guts . As these punk pros have established, DEB5000 are serious Keanu Reeves fiends, and they ve sealed the
Listen To DEB5000 s Untamed Debut Single RATS Chris Cudby / Photo credit: Ana B / Thursday 3rd June, 2021 11:57AM
RATS , out today via Aotearoa subterranean punk / metal imprint
Wrought Material. While we ve been teased mercilessly in the past for our overuse of the word supergroup, that term definitely applies to DEB5000 so rack off already, as the four-piece s membership includes
Jessica Dew (Ralph, Kitsunegari),
Nicole Gaffney (Carb on Carb, Bitchmagic, Mammal Airlines, Moron Says What) and
Ciara Bernstein (No Brainers, Blame Thrower, Dateless)! Drawing inspiration from 1984 Italian horror film
Rats: Night of Terror, DEB5000 whip up an alley-dwelling nightmare of untamed punk rock riffage and fever dream lyrical imagery that ll make you never trust your boyfriend / partner again. Even if you think rats are cute, DEB5000 will send you squirming for cover (then crawling back for more). Don t dare miss them playing the opening of Wrought Material s ex