Today we’re pleased to premiere a brand new release from British post-punk/post-hardcore band RIZTS, titled “Parasite.” Lifted from their upcoming self-titled album out October 4th through Krautpop! Records.
“Parasite” is a rugged single that’s brimming with raw energy that’s sure to bring the ruckus, and establishes RIZTS and their upcoming album, as ones to watch out for.
The single is also accompanied by a trippy music video full of surreal imagery that embodies the song’s underlying critique on man’s relationship with animals. It was done by Rhianna Berthoud.
RIZTS deliver their earnest and often stark observations through a swirling overwhelmingly visceral sonic wall of sound. Songwriter, vocalist Billy Joe Mattock explains:
“This track was one of the first written for the album. For years I had been struggling to write meaningful lyrics that I can truly believe in and put my all into when I am performing. In the past I have been wary of writing about the meat industry due to not wanting to diminish such a huge topic to a naive attempt of a protest. I decided to give it a go and it immediately became the perfect catalyst for this album, each song focusing on a different aspect of the meat and dairy industry. I found that not only were these songs the most genuine, authentic thing I’d ever written, it was also a perfect cathartic expulsion of my lifelong frustrations with the current relationship between animals and humans. The song ‘Parasite’ is written from the nightmarish perspective of an animal like a fox being hunted for pleasure, yet acts as a metaphor for the relationship between humans and animals with humans acting as a parasite to Mother Earth. ‘A species that feeds off another is, by nature, a parasite.’”
A unique amalgamation of punk, dub, post-punk and math rock, RIZTS are a three-piece gothic-grunge project charged by vegan ideologies that submerge dark melodies into sonic chaos. Birthed from the murky waters of the Falmouth punk scene in 2019, RIZTS has been causing pandemonium in the deep depths of Cornwall and are ready to emerge and take on the rest of the UK.
RIZTS have a reputation to deliver an unforgettable, energy-packed show, gaining them support slots for the likes of London-based Japanese Psych Rock band Bo Ningen as well as critically acclaimed London punk duo JOHN.
RIZTS is a band on the rise and you can follow them through their socials here.
