Lizard Kisses - ‘Loving Creatures’ EP
Posted under: Brooklyn folk pop duo Lizard Kisses truly embody the spirit of the DIY movement. Not only do they write and record their own music, but they put so much of themselves into every corner of their releases, even right down into the packaging. Cory Siegler and Marc Merza have silk-screened their CD’s, tapes, and vinyl 7″s in the past; blew minds when they released their Bottom Dollar EP on CD-record through BEKO; and now they can add mini-CDR’s to that list as well. Their latest EP Loving Creatures is seeing a release on 3″ mini-CDRs through WeePOP! Records and includes a silk-screened case and zine as well as a hand-sewn cloth sleeve. If there is a band that is going to give you a solid reason to throw money at CD’s in 2013, Lizard Kisses is that band.
The EP itself is probably my favorite collection of tracks that the band has released to date. They are heartfelt, fully-formed, and they perfectly channel the interesting influences that went into the recordings. Read on to see what vocalist Cory had to say about recording this unique little release:
The idea for ‘Loving Creatures’ was conceived during Hurricane Sandy back in October. The storm did so much damage to New York that the whole city pretty much shut down for a couple weeks. We couldn’t go to work or anywhere else so we had a lot of time to work on music. We had a lot of great inspiration for this record. At the time we were listening to a lot of old 7”s from the 60′s and loved the sounds of these pop songs that sometimes have really weird vocals/harmonies and kind of melodramatic lyrics-almost always about love. We wanted to create our own version of that.
We also were watching a lot of Twin Peaks, which has an amazing soundtrack, and we were particularly drawn to the songs of Julee Cruise. Her songs are really beautiful and strange, and the show is really dark, funny and kitschy all at the same time. I think that kind of sensibility informed the record a lot too.
An extremely important part of this EP is the art and packaging we did for it. One of our absolute favorite artists, Edie Fake, did all the artwork and we silk-screened and produced all the packaging ourselves. The CD comes in a sewn slipcase with a silk-screened patch, and has a booklet along with it, with illustrations by Edie.
