Stinking Lizaveta is a

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from

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. MusicMight categorizes them as " doom jazz".

History

Their 1996 debut album ''Hopelessness and Shame'' was recorded by

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. Albini was so impressed by them that he brought them to the

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festival he co-curated in 2004. The band's first two albums were on Compulsiv, and their third came out on Joe Lally's now-defunct

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label; later releases have been on At a Loss Recordings in the US and Monotreme Record in UK and Europe. Their most recent release, 2012's ''7th. Direction'', was released via German label Exile On Mainstream. Extensive touring included supporting

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on a 2005 US tour. They toured in the UK with Clutch and

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in 2006. The band got its name from a character in the 1880

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n novel '' The Brothers Karamazov'' by

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Discography

Albums

*''...Hopelessness and Shame'' (1996 - Compulsiv) *''Slaughterhouse'' (1997 - Compulsiv) *''III'' (2001 -

) *''Caught Between Worlds'' (2004 - At a Loss/Monotreme) *'' Scream of the Iron Iconoclast'' (2007 - At a Loss/Monotreme) *'' Sacrifice and Bliss'' (2009 - At a Loss/Monotreme) *''7th Direction'' (2012 - Exile on Mainstream Records) *''Journey to the Underworld'' (2017 - Translation Loss) *''Anthems and Phantoms'' (2023 - SRA Records)

Singles/EPs

*"Refinery / Crooked Teeth" 7-inch (1994 -

) *"Sink" 7-inch (1994 - Egg Yolk Records) *"Stinking Lizaveta / Hell Mach Four" split 7-inch (1996 - Mood Swing Records) *" Regulator Watts / Stinking Lizaveta" split 7-inch (1998 - French Lick) *"War of the Worlds" 7-inch (2001 -

) *"Rights for Bicyclists" (2009 - At A Loss Recordings)

References

External links

MySpace pageMonotreme Records webpage
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