Leeds risers Fuzz Lightyear announce ‘Zero Guilt’ EP, set for release November 21st via Nice Swan Records (English Teacher, Sprints, Chalk), and share gripping new effort ‘Sit Awake’, out today (September 2nd).
Teaming up with esteemed producer Alex Greaves (Yard Act, Working Men’s Club, Gurriers) and accompanied by news of a debut UK headline tour this December, ‘Sit Awake’ marks the follow-up to explosive recent single ‘Berlin, 1885’, and arrives after recent celebrated festival slots alongside the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age and Viagra Boys this summer.
Fuelling a DIY ethos that birthed them, Fuzz Lightyear’s focus remains on sustained experimentation, community, and uninhibited rock and roll has already contributed to fervent support throughout the press community (NME, DIY, Dork, Clash, So Young, The Line Of Best Fit, Rough Trade, Under The Radar) and across the BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam) and Radio X (John Kennedy) airwaves in recent times.
Through their thrilling live shows, the band have crafted a chaotic and impressive blend of shoegaze, industrial noise-rock, and fast-paced punk, somewhere between the sounds of Sonic Youth and Show Me The Body amongst others. Having been invited to tour and perform with acts like English Teacher, Adult DVD, Lambrini Girls and Jasmine.4.T, as well as more icons of punk new and old, the quartet have fast earned themselves a cult following across the country.
Detailing their new release, frontman Ben Parry explained: “‘Sit Awake’ is the most personal song to me on the EP. Lyrically I’m talking about how music – or creating – is the best kind of free therapy we have. Art can be the purest form of escapism. After experiencing trauma I have always found great solace in creation, the act of making undoing damage far better than words ever have. Sit Awake is one of these acts. Sometimes all you need is catharsis.”
Produced by Alex Greaves, Fuzz Lightyear’s ‘Sit Awake’ is out now via Nice Swan Records and available on all digital platforms.
Fuzz Lightyear is Ben Parry (vocals, guitar), Josh Taylor (drums), Varun Govil (bass), Alex Calder (synth, guitar)
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Live Dates
10th Oct – Liminal Sound Weekender, Newcastle
24-25th Oct – Left Of The Dial, Rotterdam, NL
26th Oct – Hillyweird, Hilversum, NL
27th Oct – La Binchoise, Binche, BE
28th Oct – They’re Gonna Be Big, Paris, FR
8th Nov – Mutations Festival, Brighton
3rd Dec – The Lexington, London
4th Dec – KOLA, Portsmouth
6th Dec – Mabgate Bleach, London
9th Dec – The Hug & Pint, Glasgow
10th Dec – The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle
11th Dec – The Castle, Manchester
