SPLITTING ATOMS WITH LIZARD PROFESSOR

What exactly would a Lizard Professor be? A lizard who happens to be a professor, or a professor specializing in the study of lizards?

One day I’d like to know, but for now I’m just content to be listening to the Texas-based band Lizard Professor‘s new single “Offthewallogy.” Though the bio on their MySpace page has the usual tripe about sticking out in a scene where conformity is the norm and blah blah don’t they know every fucking band says this? — it just so happens that this band is actually quite interesting and original. They’re proggy in a way that’s neither too heady nor too masturbatory. I’d liken them most to Between the Buried and Me, but where BTBAM always seem to defeault into Dream Theater-inspired jam outs, Lizard Professor veer towards dissonance-filled jazz segues. The older material posted on their MySpace page is less interesting than the new track, but I feel like they’re really onto something with “Offthewallogy” and look forward to hearing more in the [hopefully] near future.

-VN

Thanks: LP guitarist Gannon Mccoy