NARC. COMPILATION: Swears – Lame Wizzard

Image by Izak Jackson

Celebrate our 12^th birthday with a brand new compilation album featuring some of the region’s most exciting artists and bands – all for free! Head to our Bandcamp site to grab your free copy, and read on to find out what inspired the artists behind this year’s compilation…

Doomy psych rock from Teesside, Swears’ debut single Lame Wizzard has the sort of crunching dirty riff that descends into a catatonic and darkly fantastic powerplay this writer suddenly realised he’d been missing all along. The relatively sparse verse builds into a mighty chorus reminiscent of US pioneers Monster Magnet, and there’s even time for a drum solo. This infectious blend of heavy psych and melodic metal should see them move quickly through the region’s rock scene this year.

Singer Joel told me about the track: “It tells the story of an individual living in isolation, alienated and ostracised from society, slipping into a state of psychosis. Their delusions of grandeur and need for acknowledgement gradually lead to a false belief in supernatural abilities, and a desire to commit acts of violence and atrocity (and/or to move objects with their mind) as they become the Lame Wizzard.” Not for the faint of heart.