Bloody Lovely

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.

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

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. "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. "Australiancharts.com – DZ Deathrays – Bloody Lovely". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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