Gizmo are rockers inspired by the guitar-damaged pop of 1990s American slacker bands and their contemporaries on Canada’s east coast. A 120 Minutes band for the Gen Z set, they breathe new life into their vintage influences with a distinctive songwriting style and frenetic live show. “All Your Worships”, Gizmo’s debut full-length, comes roaring out of the gate, picking up right where 2023’s livewire “Buddy System” EP left off without skipping a beat.
The new material finds the band mining similar sources but reaching new heights, imbuing their carefully considered, structurally ambitious power-pop songwriting with more unexpected twists and turns. To record it, the band decamped to a converted community hall in Great Village, N.S., with co-producers Alex Edkins (METZ, Weird Nightmare) and Loel Campbell (Wintersleep) in tow. They pulled 12-hour days, sleeping at the studio and capping off nights with drunken music listening sessions.
The group bonded over their overlapping tastes, able to share a common language when referencing sounds and direction. This helped flesh out the sound; while the record is informed by long-held aesthetic touchpoints like Guided By Voices and Pavement, keen listeners will hear the gothic jangle of R.E.M. or the jagged Americana of Silver Jews and Red House Painters peeking through in spots as well.
