Album · DZ Deathrays
Black Rat by DZ Deathrays
Black Rat is an album by DZ Deathrays, released in 2014. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Gina Works at Hearts”, on 1 list with a best position of #88.
Black Rat, DZ Deathrays' second studio album, came out on 2 May 2014 through I Oh You in Australia and Dine Alone in Canada, and the Brisbane dance-punk duo did it the hard way. Shane Parsons, who sings and plays guitar, and drummer Simon Ridley wrote most of it together, starting in early 2013 out in the remote town of Yass, New South Wales, then decamped to the Grove Studios in Somersby for six weeks with Burke Reid, the former Gerling frontman, producing.
It's a sweaty, strobe-lit racket, riffs and backbeats built for jumping, with enough grit to clear the indie disco. Critics mostly liked it, with Metacritic averaging 77, and it repeated the trick of the debut, Bloodstreams, by winning the ARIA for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album. "Gina Works at Hearts" is the song that made the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Black Rat on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gina Works at Hearts | 1 | #88 | – | 2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.