Elizabethan Lizard

Elizabethan Lizard, sometimes abbreviated as "Elizard", are an American punk and progressive rock band from Moorhead, Minnesota. Formed in November 2013 by duet vocalists Taylor Bell and Milo Horgdal, the band is still working on development of their first album, "Outside the Skin". Elizabethan Lizard was formed initially as a joke between The Two friends when one randomly shouted "Elizabethan lizards, just picture that", and the other replied "that would be a fantastic band name". The couple immediately started working on concepts for the first album, and began writing the first song "Shed", which focuses on the emotional conflict of two people during a break up. The song demonstrates the band's use of both male and female vocalists to represent multiple perspectives to an overarching story.

The members refer to their lyrical style as reptilian, with song titles such as "Shed", and the titular song on their album Outside the Skin. Their artistic aesthetic focuses mainly on a comical mixture of Elizabethan era clothing and Reptiles.

Outside the Skin

Overview

Outside the Skin is the debut album by American band Elizabethan Lizard. The album is currently being written by the band members collaboratively and they plan to start recording by early 2014.

Concept

The album's concept tells the story of a couple who decide that they are better off alone, each song progresses the story further by adding to the complexity. The album begins with the recognition of a problem, continues on to address the problem, causes a very violent schism between the couple, falls into an existential questioning, and finishes by concluding that the protagonist was better without their partner.

While the concept is very straight forward, the lyrics are heavily laden with references to Reptiles, such as on the 6th track "Shed", and the final track "Outside the Skin"; as well as references to the devil in the track "The Reverence", and references to the greed in a capitalist government in the track "G is For".

Influences

The band has named Nine Inch Nails, and Tool as MusicAL influence when it come to the sound they aim to produce. They are planning to record covers of a song from both bands for use in their debut album.

The members also named Rush and Captain Beefheart as influences to the personality and direction for the band.

Outside the Skin features concepts that have been inspired and influenced by The Downward Spiral, Coexist, and Thirteenth Step.