RIZTS have shared a video for their new single 'Parasite'
The track explores themes of animal rights and environmental concerns, previewing the band's upcoming self-titled album.
British post-punk outfit RIZTS have dropped a video for their new single 'Parasite'.
The clip arrives ahead of their upcoming self-titled album due out on 4th October via Krautpop! Records, and it'll see them play a single release show tonight (28th August) in Falmouth.
Songwriter and vocalist Billy Joe Mattock explains the inspiration behind 'Parasite': "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."
Mattock continues, "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'."
The clip arrives ahead of their upcoming self-titled album due out on 4th October via Krautpop! Records, and it'll see them play a single release show tonight (28th August) in Falmouth.
Songwriter and vocalist Billy Joe Mattock explains the inspiration behind 'Parasite': "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."
Mattock continues, "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'."
RIZTS' debut album, 'Burn the Witch', was released in July 2023. The band have announced a series of UK live shows to support their new releases:
AUGUST
28 'Parasite' release show, Falmouth
29 Old England, Bristol
30 Smugglers Festival, Kent
OCTOBER
5 Album release show, The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
AUGUST
28 'Parasite' release show, Falmouth
29 Old England, Bristol
30 Smugglers Festival, Kent
OCTOBER
5 Album release show, The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
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