Rack (album)

Rack is the upcoming seventh studio album by American rock band the Jesus Lizard, it will be released on September 13, 2024, on Ipecac Recordings. It is the first studio release by the band in 26 years since Blue (1998).

Background
Following the release of the band's sixth studio album Blue, the band broke up in June 1998. They would briefly reunite in 2009 for a tour, but would soon dissolve again. It wouldn't be till September 2017 that the band would re-unite permanently. While the rest of the band wanted to, lead vocalist David Yow was not committed to making another record, but upon hearing the demos the rest of the band sent to him, he was impressed and began to workshop vocals in 2019.

The album was announced on June 5, 2024, along with the release of the lead single and music video for "Hide & Seek" and tour dates spanning from June 2025 to May 2025. Yow would describe "Hide & Seek" as a “a perky ditty about a witch who can’t behave, and it’s got nearly as many hooks as a Mike Tyson fight.”

Recording
In an interview the band did for The New York Times, the band began working on the record in 2019 at Audio Eagle in Nashville, Tennessee with local producer and session guitarist Paul Allen. According to bassist David Wm. Sims, they chose to write a new record because "we thought it would be fun".

The only track on the record to have its origins in the nineties is "Lord Godiva", with everything else written within the past five years.

In a statement by guitarist Duane Denison on the musical direction of the record, “there are definitely some references to the past, but it’s more as a point of departure: We don’t stay there,” Drummer Mac McNeilly also noted in a statement that "we are bonded by the music we make, and also by the respect we have for each other.", when talking about the making of the record.

Personnel
The Jesus Lizard
 * David Yow – vocals
 * Duane Denison – guitar
 * David Wm. Sims – bass guitar
 * Mac McNeilly – drums

Technical


 * Paul Allen – production, engineering, assistant mixing engineer
 * Mark Lonsway – mixing enginner, assistant engineer
 * Howie Weinberg – mastering
 * Morgan Stratton – assistant engineer