In her role as the NYC-based Lizzie & The Makers frontwoman, Lizzie Edwards is assertive, yet vulnerable; defiant, yet proudly flawed. She remarks that she feels like “[she] can be a tornado or hurricane sometimes,” so it felt appropriate to begin this particular song – the band’s turbulent new single “Bottle” – with a severe storm warning. “Bottle” is a hard-hitting rockin’ blues track that’s taken from the band’s sophomore studio album Dear Onda Wahl, released independently on November 5, 2021 and produced by the legendary Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, Tin Machine) and Mario J. McNulty (David Bowie, Prince). RSVP to catch the band perform this song as well as others off Dear Onda Wahl tomorrow night (Thursday, February 17) at NYC’s Arlene’s Grocery.
There’s a hurricane a brewin’ in my soul
The ground is weak below, and the rain is heavy
Oh, will I get myself out of this hole
Edwards says the idea for “Bottle” came about one night when, simply put, she was “drunk and sad” and it popped in her head – “I recorded it on my phone and sent it to Greg [McMullen, guitarist] and he wrote an arrangement to accompany the melody. The chorus is about being a woman in the rock/blues genre, in music, and the world in general. The second line ‘Tell Me How, Darlin How, Do You Make It As A Woman Or A Girl’ is a tiny nod to James Brown’s ‘It’s A Man’s Man’s World.’”
The raw, thunderous “Bottle” is preceded by three other tracks off Dear Onda Wahl, unearthly spine-chilling single “Mojo Hand,” the dark “Lover By Proxy” and spellbinding “Mermaid”, the first track to come off the collection.
Recorded at Mission Sound Recording in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, LP Dear Onda Wahl threads rootsy, shoegazey, psychedelic layers throughout its core. “Though influenced by traditional music genres, we were also heavily influenced by David Lynch and Twin Peaks in writing this album. So there is always a little bit of old and familiar mixed with alien, fantasy and the unexpected in our music,” remarks Edwards. Lizzie & The Makers’ debut album, Fire from the Heart of Man was released in 2015, followed by the EP Meanwhile… three years later. A 2017 concert collection Live at Rockwood Music Hall conveyed The Makers’ famously visceral stage show.
Lizzie & The Makers is singer/songwriter Lizzie Edwards, guitarist Greg McMullen,bassist Brett Bass (Gregg Allman, Bernie Worrell), drummer Steve Williams (Sadé, Digable Planets, Keith Richards, David Byrne) and keyboard player Rob Clores (Black Crowes, Jesse Malin). “Bottle” and Dear Onda Wahl are available on all DSPs.
