improvised music with the punch and clarity of an indie band
Deceptive Lizard is a Glasgow-based five-piece working in the lineage of improvised music with the punch and clarity of an indie band. Modern, rhythm-driven jazz — improvised music with clear forms, strong grooves, and a band-first sound, drawing influence from Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis and contemporary jazz-rock.
high-energy jazz-rock where improvisation meets indie-band momentum — sharp forms, driving grooves, and a live sound that connects as much with alternative audiences as with contemporary jazz listeners.
A band that refuses to sit still inside any one genre. If the Apatosaurus is deceptively named, the album’s own kind of “deception” is the good sort: it wrongfoots your expectations about what a “jazz record” is supposed to sound like, then wins you over completely.”
“high-energy, unpretentious, cross-genre jazz-rock played by some of the sharpest young talent currently coming out of Scotland, and whatever its dinosaur namesake might suggest, there’s nothing extinct about this sound”
Frankie Pfeiffer - PARIS-MOVE