“Staying”
Lizzy McAlpine launched her first album in 2020, and her second album in 2022. And between the 2, she’s had quite a lot of success. One in every of her songs, “Ceilings,” was a viral TikTok hit, and has been streamed over half a billion instances. So that you may assume, with all that success, you’d wish to hold working in manner that’s been working. However whereas Lizzy was making her third album, Older, after virtually a 12 months into the method of recording, she threw the entire thing out. She introduced in a brand new band, and began over with a very totally different strategy. I talked to her concerning the tune “Staying” from her new album. You’ll hear her authentic voice memos, in addition to the primary model she made within the studio, after which the way it actually got here to life as soon as she reimagined it.
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Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
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Mason Stoops – producer, guitar
Sam KS – drums
Michael “Libro” Libramento – bass
Tyler Nuffer – pedal metal
Ryan Richter – metal guitar
Taylor Mackall – piano, mellotron
The Japanese Home – “One for sorrow, two for Joni Jones”