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the JESUS LIZARD ANNOUNCE STANDALONE SINGLE, “COST OF LIVING”

the JESUS LIZARD ANNOUNCE STANDALONE SINGLE,
“COST OF LIVING“

US, UK AND IE TOUR DATES APPROACHING THROUGHOUT DEC/JAN

To supplement the release of the incendiary Rack, the Jesus Lizard‘s first full length release in 26 years, and ahead of their upcoming tour dates in North America, UK and Ireland, the band have now released the standalone single and non-album track, “Cost Of Living“.

The single is only available digitally on your favourite streaming or download service. It comes on the heels of their recently released album, Rack, and ahead of four months of dates on their world tour.

About the track, David Yow comments;

“Simply because I wrote the words to “Cost of Living” doesn’t mean that I know exactly what it’s about. I think it has to do with the dread and self-loathing that addicts experience on a very regular basis. You can pick whichever type of addict you choose.”

Duane Denison adds;

“A friend asked me if we had any tricked-out odd timing type things with twists and turns and I said, ‘yeah, I think so’…”

LISTEN TO “COST OF LIVING” BELOW:

the Jesus Lizard on tour 2024-25:
Dec 5 Louisville, KY Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
Dec 6 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Dec 7 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew’s Hall
Dec 8 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
Dec 9 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
Dec 11 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
Dec 12 Boston, MA Roadrunner
Dec 13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Dec 14 Washington, DC Black Cat – SOLD OUT
Dec 15 Washington, DC Black Cat
Dec 17 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
Dec 18 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Dec 19 Birmingham, AL Saturn
Jan 7 Glasgow, UK QMU
Jan 8 Manchester, UK Academy 2
Jan 9 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club – SOLD OUT
Jan 10 Bristol, UK The Fleece – SOLD OUT
Jan 11 London, UK Electric Ballroom – SOLD OUT
Jan 12 Brighton, UK Concorde 2 – SOLD OUT
Jan 14 Belfast, UK The Limelight
Jan 15 Dublin, IE Button Factory – SOLD OUT
Jan 16 Dublin, IE Button Factory
May 2 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
May 3 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
May 5 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
May 8 Portland, OR Revolution Hall – SOLD OUT
May 9 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
May 10 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre – SOLD OUT
May 11 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre
May 17 Paris, FR Elysée Montmartre
May 18 Brussels, BE Les Nuits Botaniques
May 20 Amsterdam NL Melkweg
May 22 Copenhagen, DK Den Grå Hal
May 23 Oslo, NO John Dee
May 24 Stockholm, SE Debaser
May 27 Berlin, DE SO36
May 28 Köln, DE Gebäude 9
May 30 Lausanne CH Les Docks
May 31 Bologna, IT Link
Jun 1 Rome, IT Monk
Jun 2 Milan, IT Magnolia
Jun 5-7 Barcelona, ES Primavera Festival
Jun 12-15 Porto, PT Primavera Festival
Tickets for all shows are on-sale now, with ticketing links available via Ipecac.com/tours.

Cost of Living standalone single artwork

The release of Rack marks a new chapter for the Jesus Lizard, whose influence on alternative and punk music remains undeniable. With its relentless energy and razor-sharp musicianship, the album has already garnered widespread acclaim from critics and fans alike.
Since their inception in Chicago in 1987, the Jesus Lizard has thrilled audiences all over the planet. The impeccable rocket-thrust rhythm section of bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly was the perfect launchpad for guitarist Duane Denison’s jagged yet clean-toned riffing and vocalist David Yow’s mercurial vocalisations manifesting as everything from panicked citizen, reality escapee or wounded sea mammal. the Jesus Lizard’s fury has carried on through six studio albums, two live recordings and a brace of singles and EPs, with the band’s seventh album, Rack, out now via Ipecac Recordings.
Rack available now: https://tjl.lnk.to/rack.

PRAISE FOR RACK:

★★★★ – The Observer 

★★★★ – MOJO

★★★★ – Record Collector

“Rack is an incendiary device of an album…as a collective these men are borderline geniuses…26 years on, still no one can hold a candle to the Jesus Lizard. They’re in a category of one, and they shine just as brightly as they ever did. Rack is one of the most fascinating records you’ll hear this year, and it’s up there with their best.” – Classic Rock (9/10)

“a raucous record that recaptures the lunging momentum, stealth nuance and unhinged Yow-isms of their best work” – The New York Times 

“This is The Jesus Lizard of 2024, one eye cast over their shoulder, one towards what remains of the road ahead.”  – The Quietus, Album of the Week 

“‘Rack’ is everything you could want from a new The Jesus Lizard record, with some extra musical chops and lyrical smarts thrown in. This great band might be growing old, but they’ve not lost a speck of their singular crazed brilliance.”  – Clash Music (9/10)

“a rapturous return for the band” – Consequence

“one for the history books…a stone-cold classic.” – Louder Than War (single review)

“The Jesus Lizard’s intensity never went away.” – Associated Press

 “the Jesus Lizard sound just as vital now as they did when they first shuddered to a halt in the 90s… feral, insane music” – Vive Le Rock (8/10)

“Leave it to the Jesus Lizard to come back after 26 years sounding even
gnarlier than they left us.” – Brooklyn Vegan
“Rack sounds as if the band has recovered from a twenty-six year crash- a never ending cascade of Newton’s laws of motion at work- only to come out of the carnage stronger, angrier and more inspired than ever.” – Everything Is Noise

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