IZE
New Orleans IZE getting wild, wild, wild, live! Press photo courtesy of the artists.
Amid all the excitement surrounding New Orleans’ own IZE & their limited edition Z Tapes cassette king of the mods, we are proud to bring you their remix of Detroit band Turn To Crime’s “Action” with IZE’s “everybody /new/ EP for new fusions & new levels of realized synergy.
The kind of the mods cassette is everything you have waited all year for, the song “stick around” will help all hearts who have felt abandoned by someone or something feel a sense of belonging once again (with synths that stay with you, and Rob’s delivery that haunts the living daylights out of your heart). Tracks like “disco 2nite” prove that IZE is the greatest act that DFA, along with James Murphy & associates haven’t discovered yet as the New Orleans group rocks the discotheque with the infectious & ultra-kinetic dance floor banger that creates the ear worm lyrical chorus that will never-ever leave you with “all your drunk boys, & all your drunk friends are out on the floor at the end of the night, all your drunk boys who want to stay in, & all your drunk friends will come over again, all your drunk boys & all your drunk friends, & all the drunk souls gonna disco tonight.” IZE switches up gears with “on lex, near you” that provides a futurist slice of electro-pop that points to a variety of wild directions that IZE are headed toward (making them a definite band to watch this year, and next in our honest opinions).
On IZE’s “everybody
IZE provided the following introductory thoughts on their new cassette, king of the mods:
Growing from a bedroom project into a full band, New Orleans post-punk outfit IZE has released their second collection of melancholy and hypnotic pop songs through legendary DIY label Z-Tapes. king of the mods expands on their last EP, /new/, further blending the dense, frigid pop sensibilities of New Order with a decidedly New York dance-punk vibe. KOTM sees vocalist and songwriter Robert Tornillo skirting the inevitability of adulthood by hiding out in stories of late nights and dance music.
IZE’s new cassette king of the mods is available now from Z Tapes.
