Bloody Lovely

Bloody Lovely
Studio album by
DZ Deathrays
Released2 February 2018
StudioSydney, Australia
GenreDance-punk, post-punk revival, alternative rock
Length37:08
LabelI Oh You (AUS)
ProducerBurke Reid
DZ Deathrays chronology
Black Rat
(2014) 		Bloody Lovely
(2018) 		Positive Rising: Vol. 1
(2019)
Singles from Bloody Lovely
  1. "Shred for Summer"
    Released: 2 August 2017
  2. "Bad Influence"
    Released: 23 September 2017
  3. "Total Meltdown"
    Released: 1 November 2017
  4. "Like People"
    Released: 5 February 2018

Bloody Lovely is the third studio album by Australian dance-punk band DZ Deathrays.[1] It was released on I Oh You Records in February 2018. Australian radio station Triple J picked Bloody Lovely as their feature album of the week in February 2018.[2] The music video for "Like People" featured one of the original members of The Wiggles, Murray Cook.[3] It was nominated at the 2018 ARIA Music Awards for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album but lost to Parkway Drive for Reverence.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
TheMusic[6]

The album was met with generally favourable reviews. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album has an average score of 63 based on 5 reviews.[4] The lead single "Shred for Summer" placed within Triple J's Hottest 100, 2017 at no. 67[7] while the single "Total Meltdown" just missed out placing no. 109 within the Hottest 200 of 2017.[8] On 18 February, the album peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Charts and remained there for a total of two weeks.[9]

Track listing

All music is composed by DZ Deathrays (Shane Parsons, Simon Ridley), except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shred for Summer" 4:00
2."Total Meltdown" 3:05
3."Feeling Good, Feeling Great" 3:19
4."Like People" 4:02
5."High" 3:25
6."Guillotine" 2:11
7."Bad Influence" 1:11
8."Over It"
  • Parsons
  • Ridley
  • David Novak
3:30
9."Back & Forth" 3:18
10."Afterglow" 3:31
11."Witchcraft Pt. II" 5:36
Total length:37:08

Personnel

DZ Deathrays

  • Shane Parsons – lead vocals, guitars
  • Simon Ridley – drums, percussion

Production

  • Burke Reid – producer
  • Simon Ridley – programming

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 4

References

  1. ^ "DZ Deathrays Bloody Lovely - Google Search". g.co.
  2. ^ "DZ Deathrays - Bloody Lovely". 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ Wilton, Jake (6 February 2018). "DZ Deathrays' 'Like People' Features The OG Red Wiggle!".. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Bloody Lovely by DZ Deathrays". Metacritic.
  5. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "DZ Deathrays Bloody Lovely". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ Handke, Tobias. "DZ Deathrays Bloody Lovely". The Music. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  7. ^ "1-100 - Hottest 100 2017 - triple j". www.abc.net.au. 11 November 2017.
  8. ^ "101-200 - Hottest 100 2017 - triple j". www.abc.net.au. 11 November 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Australiancharts.com – DZ Deathrays – Bloody Lovely". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2018.