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Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Album Review - Lizardland by The Brotherhood of Lizards (1995) (Label: Deltic Records)


Mike Newell, lead singer and one half of the classic jangle-pop band The Brotherhood of Lizards has never appeared to be too comfortable with fame, despite the fact that in places like Germany, France, Japan and to a certain extent in the US, he is idolized for his 80's output with the jangle-pop/post-punk band The Cleaners from Venus.

He appeared more comfortable with the muted accolades received from the British music public around the releases of his 'Cleaners' output, not because he did not want his music to be successful but because he was more concerned about sticking rigidly to his own concept of musical integrity, thus causing a somewhat confrontational attitude that rejected touring or any sort of promotion beyond his pioneering of the era's cassette culture.