[Photo Credit: Marie Beaufils Durand]
France-based, prog-rock power trio LIZZARD has released ‘Elevate’ the latest single from their forthcoming fifth studio album, Mesh, set for release on September 27th via Berlin’s Pelagic Records.
Capturing the energetic, lightning-in-a-bottle optimism of the late ‘90s post-punk/art-rock scene and reigniting it with simmering potential, Mesh sees LIZZARD out to reclaim the creative, collaborative energy that has fueled them for over a decade.
Having first met in 2006, drummer Katy Elwell, guitarist/vocalist Mat Ricou, and bassist Will Knox quickly realized they shared not only similar creative influences 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 heavy, hook-laden and so much greater than the sum of its parts.
After eighteen years, four full-length albums, and countless international tours alongside the likes of Gojira, ORK (King Crimson/Porcupine Tree), The Pineapple Thief, and Soen, LIZZARD returns with Mesh: a propulsive product of the raw, spontaneous might of the band’s live prowess, pent up for so long by events outside of their control, and the production precision of their studio experience alongside long-time friend and collaborator, producer Peter Junge.
Though perhaps a more contemplative and down-tempo offering, latest single ‘Elevate’ loses none of the band’s inimitable intensity and dynamic dexterity. A heavy distillation of polyrhythmic poise, melodic menace and bittersweet euphoria, ‘Elevate’ is some of LIZZARD’s most honest and introspective work to date as the band open up to themes of duality and control, whether regaining it or letting it go, that run right through the whole album to ask who and what we are underneath the web of appearances we all use to protect ourselves, to mask our emotions and desires.
Elaborates Ricou on ‘Elevate’: “This song is an introspection on how I had to deal with loss. An internal dialogue to transform the trauma into a positive driving force. And accepting the fact that we can’t change the course of everyone’s fate. We are all here to be the different colors and flavors of each other’s emotional tank.”
Stream the band’s previously released single ‘Black Sheep’
Mesh will be released on CD, LP, and digital formats.
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Fans of Tool, King Crimson, Karnivool, Sparta, Radiohead, Deftones, Faith No More, and Helmet, pay heed.
Mesh Tracklisting:
- Unity
- New Page
- Elevate
- Black Sheep
- Home Seek
- Mad Hatters
- The Unseen
- Mesh
- Minim
- The Beholder
LIZZARD:
Mathieu Ricou – guitars, vocals
Katy Elwell – drums
William Knox – bass