LIVE: DITZ, Knives, Staff Party @ Chalk, Brighton

Since their sophomore album, ‘Never Exhale’, released at the end of January, Brighton noise rockers DITZ have been touring non-stop. DITZ themselves describe the record as “the sound of a band that hasn’t stopped for a breath”. Tonight marks the end of the first leg of a UK/EU tour that kicked off in Brighton over two months ago. Tomorrow the band fly back to Europe. Tomorrow, though, is nobody’s concern here, a packed out Chalk ready to move, to dance, to be submerged in the music. Local three piece Staff Party kick the night off, overdriven bass and effects laden guitars creating a sound that’s far louder than it has any right to be. Taking influences from now classic noise outfits like Metz, Staff Party take control of their biggest stage yet with ease. Even though they’ve been together...