Los Angeles Power-Pop Punk Rock Five-Piece
FOR CLOSURE
Releases
‘Cliffside Serenades’ LP
West Coast Tour with Jr. Juggernaut Kicks off Nov. 8
Band Fronted by Gizz Lazlo, the former drummer of Dr. Know, U.K. Subs & The Freeze
“Comes off as Hot Water Music meets The Replacements, it’s a punk tribute full of melody, emotion, and power.” – New Noise
“Sugary hooks of Doughboys and Samiam with punchy arrangements…– No Echo
“Emerging force in the punk/power-pop scene…” – Puremzine
Photo: Noah Maxey
With decades of experience performing in bands throughout the Southern California punk rock scene, the fivesome of For Closure are unquestionably seasoned musicians who have racked up countless days in hundreds of studios and venues, recording dozens of albums and touring across the country in their various projects.
However, For Closure itself is a relatively new venture for these veterans, launching in 2023 and affording them the opportunity to present themselves as a clean-sheet design, with fresh ideas and novel approaches to the music genres of power-pop and punk rock that they’ve been performing for decades.
The band’s new LP ‘Cliffside Serenades’ is set for release on November 8 via Mindpower Records.
Stream the album here: https://orcd.co/cliffsideserenades
Buy the album here: https://mindpowerrecords.com/products/for-closure-cliffside-serenades-on-tangerine-12-lp
Vocalist Gizz Lazlo (former drummer of Dr. Know, U.K. Subs & The Freeze) says, “This album came about as a collection of songs created for Luis and Gizz’s former band, For Sale. These versions were rearranged and recorded as a necessity to close the chapter on that former band. Here we are a year after For Closure came to be, and we still adhere to our original concept for this band. Five friends just wanting to have fun playing music together.”
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About For Closure:
With several decades of combined experience performing in bands throughout the Southern California punk rock scene, the fivesome of For Closure are unquestionably seasoned musicians who have racked up countless days in hundreds of studios and venues, recording dozens of albums and touring across the country in their various projects.
However, For Closure itself launched in 2023 and has presented novel approaches to the familiar music genres of power-pop and punk rock that they’ve been performing for years with other outfits.
The genesis of For Closure stems from the dissolution of the longtime San Fernando Valley-based band For Sale, some thirty years from its inception. At the terminus of For Sale, vocalist Gizz Lazlo (former drummer of Dr. Know, U.K. Subs & The Freeze) and guitarist Luis Estefania (F.Y.P., Rhythm Collision, Buford) still had a stack of unrecorded material as the band’s primary songwriters — but no band with which to perform it all. Enter the creation of For Closure.
After connecting with producer/drummer Wal Rashidi (Jr. Juggernaut, Turning Violet, Sleep Pod Two) to lay the groundwork — and soon thereafter adding bassist Steve Wilenkin (Dead Man’s Life, I.D.K., Life in a Burn Clinic) and guitarist Marc Maxey (Sloth Fist, The Killing Flame, Justice League) — the group engaged in recording sessions at Studio in Redlands, California, yielding a slew of single releases (“Carousel,” “Moon at Noon,” “No Condition,” “Hazy Mourning” and “Careful What You Wish For”), all of which appear on the forthcoming full-length album, Cliffside Serenades, to be released digitally and on colored vinyl in November 2024 via Mindpower Records.
And that was supposed to be the end of the story: a collection of recordings done, an album released and maybe one live show to prove For Closure existed.
Now inspired to hit the stage long-term with the release of Cliffside Serenades, the quintet has performed frequently in their Southern California region, playing rooms throughout Los Angeles and San Diego counties. And they have ventured to Northern California, putting their lasting musical imprint with audiences across the Golden State.
For Closure has also hit traction on radio in 2024, with its “Moon at Noon” single declared as the “Coolest Song in the World” by SiriusXM’s “Little Steven’s Underground Garage” radio show. More recently, “Careful What You Wish For” has been added to SiriusXM’s Faction Punk, and the singles from Cliffside Serenades have been spun on college radio stations throughout the nation.
For Closure’s plans for more shows and new material are well in the works. While this highly experienced group still holds enough musical credentials to fill reams of pages in its collective resume, the grand opening of For Closure via the release of Cliffside Serenades has since commenced — and this new prospect offers them a chance to write another incredible chapter in the compiled musical history of its members.
