We talk the birth of Black Rat ahead of its May 2 release and a massive tour.. Currently tearing the UK a new one celebrating the upcoming release of their new album Black Rat, Shane from DZ Deathrays was kind enough to take a quick break to talk about the new album, SXSW, their expanded line-up for live shows and drinking wine/playing golf. Hi Shane, you have just come back from SXSW. How was it this time around? It was good but very hectic this year. This was definitely the most intense year for us. We did 10 shows in four days so we were pretty ruined by the end of it all. You get a little bit sick of setting up all your gear, racing through songs, packing it all down and moving it somewhere else. We played a couple of really good shows and we saw some really good bands. We had a couple of days off which was nice to just kick back, eat food, drink beer, and hang out. You didn’t get kicked off stage for being ‘too loud’ this time like in 2012? No not this time, they put us on norma