Bizou is a Los Angeles synth-heavy shoegaze outfit formed in 2017 by Nicole Fiorentino (Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Garbage), Josiah Mazzaschi (Light FM, Child Seat), Marisa Prietto (Wax Idols, Glaare, Some Ember), and Nicki Nevlin (Light FM). The band leans on chemistry over pedigree — folding post-punk urgency into synthwave, industrial, trip-hop, and experimental pop, and translating it into wall-of-sound live sets that have built them a devoted cult following.

After the release of their critically acclaimed Tragic Lover in 2021, band members scattered organically into various personal and creative pursuits. Josiah formed the kinetic indie / new-wave outfit Child Seat with singer Madeleine Matthews. Marisa co-wrote an LP with longtime collaborator Dylan Travis of Some Ember. Bassist Nicole Fiorentino joined Garbage for a series of multinational tours. In the summer of 2025 Josiah and Marisa returned once again to the Cave Studio to write and record. Now, after a multi-year incubation, they are set to release their latest EP in September 2026.

Widow EP is a hexagonal prism reflecting the core songwriting duo’s need for total formal and subjective experimentation (abandon?). By the record’s end that ambition is exercised, and by any means necessary. Spasmodic angular accentuation collapses and gives way to moments that can only reasonably be described as “industrial Enya.” Death Mag the single track and emotional centerpiece of the EP meditates lushly on the futility of suicide, followed immediately and irreverently by an exuberant Wire cover the band has only ever played live. The EP closer Losing My Memory takes its introductory inspiration from a YouTube oddity: a performance of the literal sheet music painted on the cursed backside of a condemned man in Heironymous Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. The rest of the song emerges almost as a non-sequitir –  a sugary airspun kiss goodbye.

Nearly a decade since Bizou first fused post-punk intensity with synthwave shimmer, Widow finds the band sounding less like they’ve mellowed and more like they’ve sharpened, every detour doubled back into a sound that’s stranger and more confident than ever. And after years apart on stage, Bizou is preparing to bring it all back to a room full of people, with a reunion show soon to be announced.

For More: Click Here