Worldwide

blasting electro punk debut album, 18 killer songs, 26 minutes. prepare for the mother fucking death set. straight out of baltimore's burgeoning and increasingly wild music scene, the death set throw punk rock abandon onto warehouse dancefloors and come up with something unique. this spring, the death set release their debut album, 'worldwide', a micro-blast of catchy choruses, screamed lyrics, chaos, violence, humour and the reaffirmation of the value of going fucking nuts. this is a record of anthems for the best misfits party ever. johnny siera and beau velasco started the death set's worldwide journey on the gold coast of australia in 2005. a tour with brooklynites japanther convinced them that the new york borough was the place to make their music work. brooklyn, though, wasn't quite the cheap haven of nutters, artists and musicians it had been a few years before. for that and the grittiness they went to baltimore. here they found the perfect stomping ground for the mayhem they had been perfecting. taking notes from bands like lightning bolt, the death set rejected stages in favour of playing on the floor, in people's faces. although beau played a major part in 'worldwide', he decided to take a backseat in the death set when it came to going global. johnny recruited a baltimore native, peter o'connell, to double guitar and vocal duties. the group is rounded out by whatever drummer can play fast enough on a fucked up kit. in addition to japanther, the death set have played and toured with the likes of spank rock, girl talk, ponytail, matt and kim and best fwends, and have been remixed by bonde de role and dan deacon. although in some ways they share an aesthetic with those bands, the death set smash open a long history of blast beat punk, indie rock and hardcore.