![]() ![]() But the thing was, over the last year and a half to two years, I've been making a lot of that stuff. I would incorporate some punk elements to some of my songs in the past. It was I first connected with and resonated with, and then I later became very, very obsessed with electronic music. There was a local one called Scene Fest that was close by in Niagara Falls – I grew up in Niagara Falls, Canada – that I remember attending when I was like 13, 14, maybe even younger, honestly, I can't remember how old I was. The first festivals and events I ever attended were punk events. Of course, I liked plenty of other bands growing up, like, 30 Seconds to Mars, Three Days Grace, there are just so many. Those are definitely the three that always come to my head because those were the three that I felt really passionate about. I know you've mentioned that Green Day, Bring Me the Horizon and My Chemical Romance are all on that list. ![]() IT'S NOT A PHASE combines your earliest rock inspirations with your love and talent for creating electronic music. We talked about everything from her love of visual branding (inspired by her mentor deadmau5), to how the EP's collaborations played out while writing this record, to some of the more metal influences she'd love to tap into in the future. When we sat down with Rezz via video chat to discuss IT'S NOT A PHASE, she bubbled with an infectious enthusiasm and the awe of a kid let loose in a toy store with no spending limit. Hard-hitting producer and past Rezz collaborator (2020's "Someone Else") Grabbitz returns on the single "Signal." "Blurry Eyes," on which the "unbelievably underrated" Johnny Goth guests amid a depressive, dreamlike whir of emo and melodic plinking. "Not Enough," with singer Alice Glass, a track Rezz pared down to ensure the spotlight stayed on the former Crystal Castles singer's voice. "Dreamstate," an angsty, lovelorn cut featuring fellow Ontarians Silverstein and Polyphia guitarist Tim Henson. IT'S NOT A PHASE continues in that vein, power-welding together the guitar-heavy influences of her youth - bands like My Chemical Romance, Bring Me the Horizon and, yes, Underoath - with the computer-generated sound that has made her famous. Those successful singles include a 2019 collaboration, " Falling," with Aaron Gillespie, singer-drummer of metalcore veterans Underoath - a track that helped place Rezz at the frontlines of the rock and EDM crossover, "rocktronic" music, if you will. The nearly six-minute song is a masterclass in merging minimal beats with sleek gloom, and since then, three EPs, three full-lengths and a long list of successful singles have racked up 10s of millions of streams and led to regularly sold-out shows and headline festival appearances. 4 compilation via Mau5trap, the namesake label of yet another EDM titan, deadmau5. That same summer, Rezz's star rose even higher when she had another dark, atmospheric track called " Serenity" drop on the We Are Friends, Vol. Her precociously skillful Soundcloud presence was quickly noticed by dubstep titan Skrillex, who snatched her up for his imprint Nest and released the moody, midtempo bass EP Insurrection in the summer of 2015. Rezz began her career at 16 by studying online tutorials to help produce original music at home in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her new EP, IT'S NOT A PHASE, could just change that. While she's already a major star in the world of EDM, Rezz isn't quite a household name yet when it comes to rock fans. Pick up Rezz's new "rocktronic" EP, IT'S NOT A PHASE, on limited-edition red vinyl at Revolver's shop.
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