“Play everything loud or don’t play it at all is the mantra throughout the LP, the result is a set of teased stop/start releases that attack and pull back and assault…”
Author: RatsontheRun
‘Dark Times’ is seething, exhausting, exhilarating. A rush of relentless raw pressure.
What could have brought this new album to life and what’s behind the eyes of Mr Richard ‘Kid’ Strange?
“I’ve been looking forward to writing this since I first heard it last December. Now it’s here and now it’s ready and I am glad to introduce them…”
From the forthcoming EP ‘How’s The View There?’ Coming April 2020 on Other Voices Records.
“An album that swerves between romance and violence, that tricks and takes us someplace other…”
“Through the eyes of a man of three homelands, South Africa, Zimbabwe and UK, we hear the fear of new splinters and fractions. And the loss of some gone common faith…”
“We’re four singles in from The Lizards, each release sees a tweak in direction. Their modern-day psyche sound gains weight with each track while they keep their cult throwbacks at core.”
“If every homage and throwback was this good and faithful, you’d swear this was original sin.”
“Through the measured collisions and the swirling of noise, we can pick out the pieces of splintered electro, prick at the crisp flecks of abstract percussion, or wade through its ultra HD widescreen violence….”
“To the labels, the artists, the indies, the late night keyboard warriors, the shy bedroom writers that sent out their first tracks….”
Rats on the Run 