Chatting about ‘The Secret To Life’ with FIZZ

How did you know "High In Brighton" was the first single to be released?

It was the first song that we wrote, I don't think there's anything deeper than that. think that maybe presenting ourselves first with a song that was very everyone. Some of the songs have someone to the front but we wanted it to be clear that the band is a collective with no front person.

That is always changing and shifting and being passed around. I think that was maybe a factor of choosing that one first. I just always thought because we wrote it first I like how chronological it felt. Also, it was very convenient that we launched the band at The Great Escape festival in Brighton.

So it felt like a nice introduction to the beginning of something.

How do the visuals like music videos come to life and align with your story and sound?

We took a lot of inspiration from movies that we loved in our childhood like Willy Wonka or Alice in Wonderland. They all start in the normal life and then continue in this other world where the characters learn something about themselves or their environment.

We created the idea of 'Fizzville' which is like a theme park town with different locations and rides that reflect the songs we wrote. It resembles the dream state we were in when we created together and tells this story of us beyond music.

Your album covers seem to have a recurring Halloween theme, is that intentional?

No, truly no, but also great! It went in a spooky direction. The photographer JP Bonino's style is very abstract and sci fi - very surreal. It's been rewarding to hand off those creative decisions to people we already rate.

“We basically wrote the album in two weeks. One week in December 2021, and another week in July 2022.

It was like we unlearned the ways of being an artist and went back to our roots. We all haven't had this feeling while making music in such a long time, probably since we were teenagers and making music in our rooms.”