We get loads of PR from American punk bands; some I listen to once, and others just look too generic to bother with, so the fact this is being reviewed at all means it’s good.
I think these are punks who are past the first flush of youth; the horror sounds like hindsight rather than fear of what’s to come. They also have a DIY feel that I think comes from experience — they’re unpolished but old enough not to care.
As Punkerton Records says on its website: “Lot Lizards aren’t here to reinvent the genre. They’re here to remind you why you fell in love with it in the first place.”
The sound is somewhere between your typical punk band and a more grown-up band on SideOneDummy Records, such as The Gaslight Anthem.
This is no-frills punk: they open, punch you in the face, and leave. Fast guitars and drumming, shouted but melodic vocals.
I can’t make out the words, but the website says they “capture the absurdities and contradictions of modern adulthood.”
If you like melodic but harder punk, give it a listen.
See punkertonrecords.com or lotlizardsfl.bandcamp.com (though this album does not appear to be on there).
JMC
