Premiere: RIZTS Share New Single & Video “Parasite”

British post-punk outfit RIZTS are pleased to announce a brand new release with the arrival of ‘Parasite’ (28th August), lifted from the upcoming self-titled album out this October through Krautpop! Records. 

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 ha 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’. 

The band’s debut album, ‘Burn the Witch’ was released in July 2023 and their brand new self-titled RIZTS album is coming out October 4th 2024 on Krautpop!

Live:

 28th August – ‘Parasite’ release show in Falmouth

29th August – performing at Old England, Bristol

30th August – Smugglers Festival, Kent

5th October – Album release show, the Cornish Bank, Falmouth