The Izers – The ‘You’ll Probably Never Listen To This’ EP.
The Izers formed in 2012 from a love and idolisation of Indie Rock and it’s playful expression via bands such as exports of the New York City Indie scene, The Strokes and Interpol.
On the band’s later to be linked SoundCloud page, the tags applied to the 2015 EP’s playlist cites both bands, as well as the more recent UK standouts, Franz Ferdinand, The Arctic Monkeys and Foals to name a few.
The Izers’ Indie sound is as much a homage the golden age of the early 2000’s as much as it isn’t and if Italy and Indie music were formally two things you wouldn’t normally place in a sentence together, they are now.
\\You’ll Probably Never Even Listen To This//
‘Headshot’ is instantaneous in it’s hooks, the layered guitars and deep bluesy bassline are attractive from the off, with a strong Funk bounce subdued by the aforementioned Blues stylistic. Vocally, it’s sounds akin to what would have happened if initial Post-Punk music was far more in the way of cheerful rather that the gloom we ended up with.
Lyrically, there’s actually some weight behind it rather than a pandering to whats popular.
‘Nice thoughts but those are not enough and even words are useless if we still misuse them‘
Not only does ’21st Century Funkid’ start with the original Sony Playstation start-up sound off but with it’s bass-line it sounds like something sat somewhere between The White Stripes and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The soft Funk is stronger that before which results in it being incredibly difficult to sit still while listening to this EP and writing about it simultaneously. Overall , it’s another hook-laden track that breaks the Indie chain more than enough to pass the common banality of much of modern Indie music in it’s cross-genre display.
A release such as this despite it’s flirtations with other stylistics, still needs a classic Indie-Rock number just because. ‘One Shot One Kill’, which seemingly follows the video-game theme it’s title is very much the needed in it’s up-tempo and playful guitar work set to a Post-Punk tone.
The penultimate, ‘Snooze’ isn’t a call for a rest, but another strong and catchy display of the great musicianship on offer from this Italian export. The guitar melodies are quite frankly fantastic and set perfectly on the simple but stand-out layers of the track, sending the final stages of this release off to a more melodic end.
The progressively more “Rock” foundations and strong melodies manifest themselves in their entirety in ‘Blitz’. By far the heaviest on the release and leaning more to a Punk and Alternative Rock base within the lowered guitars, rumbling bass and defiant drums, ‘Blitz’ is very much a “save the best til’ last” scenario.
Although the vocals have remained in more or less the same tone throughout the EP, they really come into themselves, as does the rest of the band in this final track. The sombre yet more aggressive guitar melodies, Alternative Rock riffage and darker Indie flare were something of a shock and close this masterpiece of contemporary Indie music perfectly.
Find the band via the following links and info:
- Head to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram for updates.
- To stream the band’s music, head to SoundCloud, Spotify, Deezer and Tidal.
- For digital downloads of You’ll Probably Never Listen To This, head to iTunes and Amazon.
- The bands first EP can be found on bandcamp.
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