Forward in Reverse is the third studio album by Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, released on April 13, 2016 in Japan and on April 29, 2016 worldwide by Columbia Records. This is the band's first studio album with new material in 20 years.
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A year after the release of their second studio album Rotator from 1996, Dizzzy Mizz Lizzy broke up. They reunited in 2009-2010 where they toured extensively and released remaster and live albums. On October 20, 2014, Tim Christensen wrote the acronym "DML2015" on his Facebook wall, showing a second reunion. Two days later, they revealed that they had written a new song, although at the time said it was not yet known whether the band would release LP, EP, or just one or two singles, as that would depend on how the atmosphere and creativity were. However, they later revealed that they have been working on the album for several years in secret.
Maps Forward in Reverse
Themes
Singer and songwriter Tim Christensen explains that when the band's early material was more inspired by grunge, for new material he was more inspired by louder music like Slayer and Megadeth. Thematically, the songs are also more angry and revolve around Christensen's critique of our contemporary time. Songs among others relate to how the internet is a gift and a curse, increasingly attacking our private realms and Facebook ingesting us, and what the future looks like for the next generation.
Record and song
The album was recorded, mixed, and controlled by Jacob Hansen at his studio in Ribe, Denmark during the span of time from December 2014 to January 2016. Additional footage was made at SortHus and Medley Studios in Copenhagen.
"I Would If I Could but I Can not," was the first single Dizzy Mizz Lizzy released in 19 years, which aired on Danish radio station DR P3 on January 5, 2015. The second single, "Made to Believe", was released on 10 April 2015 to honor the start of their tour. In anticipation of the album, "Brainless" was released as the third single on April 1, 2016.
The album has three instrumental tracks: "Phlying Pharaoh", "Frey", and "Mindgasm". "Frey" is named after the niece of Christensen's girlfriend, a 3-year-old boy who is often treated by Tim.
Art cover
The cover art contains anaglyph 3D rendering of the band mascot, a photo from around 1920 from Vera, the older brother of Tim Christensen's vocalist on the side of his mother who died around the age of 12-14 from tuberculosis. The album cover represents a mascot with a black background while singles describe parts of the mascot (like a mouth or an eye) against a white background.
Track list
All songs written by Tim Christensen; except "Fly Above the Radar" compiled by Christensen and Martin Nielsen.
Personnel
- Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
- Tim Christensen - guitar, vocals, songwriter, co-producer, Mellotron
- Martin Nielsen - bass
- SÃÆ'¸ren Friis - drums
- Additional musicians
- Rune Olesen - additional percussion
- Production
- Jacob Hansen - producer, recording engineer, mixed engineer
- Nick Foss - co-producer
- Marcus Winther-John - lyric consultant
- Rune Nissen-Petersen - additional recordings
- SÃÆ'¸ren Mikkelsen - additional recording (on line 7)
- Svante ForsbÃÆ'¤ck - master (in Chartmakers Audio Mastering, Helsinki)
- Paul Wilson - cover art, art director
- SÃÆ'¸ren SolkÃÆ'Â|r - photography
- Michael Boe Laigaard - live photography
- Martin Pagaard Wolff - drum technician (at Hansen Studios)
- Vagn Olsen - drum technician (at Hansen Studios)
Diagram
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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