Here’s a new tape from Eat Em Up, a Winnipeg label we only covered before once, but probably should look to more often.

It brings 12 songs from The Lizzards. Well, 11 really, since Whenever You’re Around is a cover of a Griefs tune. This trio includes Jan Quakenbush, who recently put out a fun record I considered writing about before it got lost in the shuffle.

The Lizzards play a raucous kind of rock ’n’ roll that lands somewhere between ’70s proto-punk and the strain of garage pop that had a real moment around 2010 to 2015. Fuzzy, scrappy, catchy, and a little ragged around the edges. Effective stuff.

Apparently, this is The Lizzards third album already. This release makes me want to dive into their complete roster for some digital crate digging.

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