{"id":35122,"date":"2025-11-28T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=35122"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:26:57","slug":"album-review-beth-seymour-the-lizzies-outside-youd-love-me-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/album-review-beth-seymour-the-lizzies-outside-youd-love-me-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Beth Seymour & The Lizzies || Outside, You\u2019d Love Me To Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barely three months after Beth Seymour & The Lizzies\u2019 debut full-length landed<\/a>, we\u2019re already treated to its follow-up. Outside, You\u2019d Love Me To Death<\/em> continues the story arc begun on the first record\u2014only this time, the lens is even sharper. And when I say \u201cstory,\u201d I don\u2019t mean fiction. As mentioned in our Gimme 5<\/em> feature with Beth earlier this month<\/a>, she goes full autobiographical here, pulling from the year since coming out as transgender, writing with a candor that\u2019s raw, unfiltered, and emotionally fearless. The debut mapped the breakdown; the new album documents the rebuilding.<\/p>\n

Sonically, the two albums sit close together\u2014no surprise, as much of the material was recorded around the same time. But what unites them isn\u2019t just the sessions; it\u2019s the band\u2019s ability to make raw, vulnerable indie\/alt punk feel strangely uplifting. Case in point: the opening one-two punch. Jiminy Crickets<\/em> traces the messy, exhilarating process of becoming real in your own skin, and Sam Raimi<\/em> honors the person who sat beside Seymour through the darkness, turning private panic into shared light.<\/p>\n

Characters In A Film<\/em> stands out by sounding like it fell in from another universe\u2014a playful, strange, and oddly endearing track about the messiness of real world character development. Meanwhile, I Only Want To Break Your Hearts<\/em> is a killer indie-punk burner aimed squarely at people whose \u201cunconditional\u201d love turned out to have plenty of conditions.<\/p>\n

The arc that began with Hellboy<\/em>\u2014a song about emotional walls and isolation\u2014 three months ago comes full circle here with Horse Girl<\/em>, a triumphant closer about finally stepping into freedom. It\u2019s the moment the door swings open\u2014and Seymour doesn\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n