Jesus Lizard Set Release Date For Upcoming New Album, Titled 'Rack'
August 14, 2024 — the Jesus Lizard’s new album, Rack – their first in 26 years - arrives Friday September 13, 2024 via Ipecac Recordings, and with just weeks to go until its highly-anticipated release, the band has unveiled one last tease with today’s debut of the song “Moto(R).” (See embedded video below). 'RACK' can be pre-ordered HERE. The album can be ordered in several limited-edition vinyl variants, as well as on cassette, cd, digital and/or streaming services.
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Duane Denison says of the track, which comes with a Jon Tucker-directed video (youtu.be/orke3jgFAcA) that features recent live footage of the foursome: “It’s not Motörhead, and it’s not Radiohead either…”
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The band has previously unveiled two singles from the 11-track album: “Hide & Seek," which was described by Yow as “a perky ditty about a witch who can’t behave, and it’s got nearly as many hooks as a Mike Tyson fight,” and “Alexis Feels Sick,” a song inspired by Girls Against Boys/Soulside drummer Alexis Fleisig’s guarded opinion of modern life.
The New York Times described the new album as “a raucous record that recaptures the lunging momentum, stealth nuance and unhinged Yow-isms of their best work,” Consequence dubbed it “a rapturous return for the band,” and Brooklyn Vegan said the band is “as delightfully gnarly as they have ever been.”
the Jesus Lizard reconvened in 2009 for a limited number of shows and have maintained their bond both as friends in close contact with one another, and touring bandmates. “We literally only made the record because we thought it would be fun to make the record,” says Sims. With McNeilly highlighting the strong relationship amongst the musicians: “We are bonded by the music we make, and also by the respect we have for each other.”
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"Rack" Track List:
01. Hide & Seek — 3:05
02. Armistice Day — 4:26
03. Grind — 2:36
04. What If? — 3:45
05. Lord Godiva — 3:04
06. Alexis Feels Sick — 4:30
07. Falling Down — 3:25
08. Dunning Kruger — 2:34
09. Moto(R) — 2:50
10. Is That Your Hand? — 3:09
11. Swan The Dog — 3:25
'RACK' can be pre-ordered HERE. The album can be ordered in several limited-edition vinyl variants, as well as on cassette, cd, digital and/or streaming services.
the Jesus Lizard 2024-2025 Tour Dates:
September 7, 2024 in Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
September 26, 2024 in Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
September 28, 2024 in Chicago, IL @ Warm Love Cool Dreams
October 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV @ Best Friends Forever Music Festival
October 31, 2024 in Dallas, TX Longhorn @ Ballroom
November 1, 2024 in Austin, TX Levitation / @ The Far Out Lounge
December 9, 2024 in Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
December 11, 2024 in Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
December 12, 2024 in Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
December 13, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
December 14, 2024 in Washington, DC @ Black Cat
December 15, 2024 in Washington, DC @ Black Cat
December 18, 2024 in Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
January 7, 2025 in Glasgow, UK @ QMU
January 8, 2025 in Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
January 9, 2025 in Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
January 10, 2025 in Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
January 11, 2025 in London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
January 12, 2025 in Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
January 14, 2025 in Belfast, UK @ The Limelight
January 15, 2025 in Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
January 16, 2025 in Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
May 2, 2025 in Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
May 3, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
May 5, 2025 in San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
May 8, 2025 in Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
May 10, 2025 in Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
May 11, 2025 in Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Tickets for all shows are on-sale now, with ticketing links available via Ipecac.com/tours. NOTE: All links to purchase tickets to any the Jesus Lizard show(s) open in a new browser window.
Since their inception in Austin in 1987, the Jesus Lizard has thrilled audiences all over the planet. The impeccable rocket-thrust rhythm section of bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly was the perfect launchpad for guitarist Duane Denison’s jagged yet clean-toned riffing and vocalist David Yow’s mercurial vocalizations manifesting as everything from panicked citizen, reality escapee or wounded sea mammal. The Jesus Lizard’s fury has carried on through six studio albums, two live recordings and a brace of singles and EPs, with the band’s seventh album, Rack, out this Fall via Ipecac Recordings.