{{short description|English rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ditz | image = Ditz at Mutations Festival Brighton, 7 November 2025 03.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = yes | alt = | caption = At Mutations Festival, Brighton UK, 7 November 2025 | alias = | origin = Brighton, England | genre = {{flatlist| * Experimental hardcore<ref name="p4k review 2022-03-14">{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Margaret |title=Ditz: The Great Regression Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ditz-the-great-regression/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=28 August 2022 |date=14 March 2022}}</ref> * post-punk<ref name="p4k review 2022-03-04">{{cite web |last1=Wilkes |first1=Emma |title=Ditz: The Great Regression Album Review |url=https://diymag.com/2022/03/04/ditz-the-great-regression-album-review/ |website=DIY |access-date=6 September 2022 |date=14 March 2022}}</ref> }} | years_active = 2016–present | label = {{flatlist| * Permanent Creeps * Alcopop! * Suicide Squeeze * Republic Of Music }} | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|ditzband.com}} | current_members = * Cal Francis * Caleb Remnant * Anton Mocock * Jack Looker * Samuel Evans | past_members = * Archie Brewis-Lawes * Myles Waring }} '''Ditz''' (often stylised '''DITZ''') are an English rock band that formed in Brighton in 2016. The band consists of Cal Francis (vocals), Caleb Remnant (bass), Anton Mocock (Guitar), Jack Looker (Guitar), Sam Evans (Drums).
== Background == The band formed in 2016 in Brighton,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Teske |first1=Lindsay |title=DITZ on their Brighton roots, new music, and why rock isn't dead |url=http://altcitizen.com/ditz-on-their-brighton-roots-new-music-and-why-rock-isnt-dead/ |website=Alt Citizen |access-date=August 27, 2022}}</ref><ref name="p4k review 2022-03-14"/> with the members being involved in the various music scenes in the city. The original founders, Cal Francis, and Caleb Remnant grew up together in Gloucestershire, and had tried to form bands with limited success.<ref name="LQ interview 2018">{{cite web |last1=Haley |first1=Dominic |title=Ditz – You've got to be a shit band somewhere |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/ditz-youve-got-to-be-a-shit-band-somewhere/ |website=Loud and Quiet |access-date=28 August 2022 |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> Later that year, Mocock joined the band followed by then drummer Looker in 2016,<ref name="LQ interview 2018"/> with Evans finalising the lineup in early 2019.
In 2020, the band released their EP, ''5 Songs'', which included a collection of singles previously released in 2018 to 2019. Around this time, the band signed on to Alcopop! Records. In 2022, they released their debut studio album, ''The Great Regression'', which was met to critical acclaim.<ref name="p4k review 2022-03-14"/><ref name="MC - The Great Regression">{{cite web |title=The Great Regression by DITZ Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-great-regression/ditz |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
The band's sophomore studio album, Never Exhale, was independently released in 2025.
== Style == The band has been compared to IDLES, Yak, Daughters and Gilla Band.<ref name="DIY 2019 interview">{{cite web |date=22 February 2019 |title=Get to Know...DITZ |url=https://diymag.com/2019/02/22/get-to-know-ditz-interview |access-date=28 August 2022 |website=DIY}}</ref>
== Discography == === Studio albums === * ''The Great Regression'' (2022) * ''Never Exhale'' (2025) === Live albums === * ''On the Bai'ou - Live from the Louisiana'' (2023) === Extended plays === * ''EP1'' (2016) * ''5 Songs'' (2020) === Singles === * "Rupert Grint" (2016) * "Seeking Arrangement" (2018) * "Gayboy" (2019) * "Total 90" (2019) * "Role Model" (2020) * "Fuck the Pain Away" (2020) * "Ded Würst" (2021) * "The Warden" (2021) * "I Am Kate Moss" (2022) * "Summer of the Shark" (2022) * "Riverstone" (2023) * "Space/Smile" (2024) * "Taxi Man" (2024) * "Four" (2025)
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== External links == * [https://ditzband.com/ Official website] * {{Discogs artist|Ditz (3)|Ditz}}
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