France-based prog-rock power trio LIZZARD are out to reclaim the creative, collaborative energy that has fueled them for over a decade.
On ‘Mesh’, the band’s ffth full length album, LIZZARD capture the energetic, lightning-in-a-bottle optimism of the late ‘90s post-punk/art-rock scene and reinvigorate it as something empowering, inspiring and simmering with potential.
Having frst met in 2006, Katy Elwell (UK/Drums), Mat Ricou (FR/Guitar & Vocals) and Will Knox (UK/Bass) quickly realised they shared not only similar creative infuences but also a distinct musical vision. The trio set out to craft an unmistakably contemporary rock sound that sought to resonate emotionally with the listener whilst being unafraid to challenge them too. The result is a heavy, hook-laden sound so much greater than the sum of its parts.
Recorded by the band in the abandoned factory they use as their creative base and produced again by now long-time friend and collaborator Peter Junge, ‘Mesh’ is LIZZARD unleashing the raw, spontaneous might of their pent up live sound through the production precision of their studio experience. As such, themes of duality and control, whether it’s regaining it or letting it go, run right through the album. Resounding with Elwell’s inimitable, thundering drums and a barrage of colossal rifs, ‘Black Sheep’ explores the dichotomy of body and mind, of black and white, that we all wrestle with on a daily basis whilst the mellow polyrhythms and plaintive melodies of ‘Mad Hatters’ ask pressing questions of the people who are supposedly in charge of society.
1. Unity
2. New Page
3. Elevate
4. Black Sheep
5. Home Seek
6. Mad Hatters
7. The Unseen
8. Mesh
9. Minim
10. The Beholder