LYLVC (pronounced "lilac")
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Alyse Zavala
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Oscar Romero
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Cameron Gillette
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Seth Morgan
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Lee Hutt
LYLVC (pronounced "lilac") is a band based out of Raleigh, NC that incorporates a female singer and a male rapper, and fuses rock, hip-hop, and alternative into a fluid and fiery hybrid of styles that is unpredictable as well as undeniable. LYLVC has developed an insanely energetic show reputation, touring and sharing stages with Saint Asonia, P.O.D, New Years Day, Atreyu, Pop Evil, Fame on Fire, Point North, A Killer's Confession, From Ashes to New, Fire From the Gods, and more, and also recently just completed their first SOLD OUT international tour with Biohazard and Life of Agony all across the U.K. and Europe. Their recent single "XXX" was recorded at Howard Benson's West Valley Studios with Mike Plotnikoff who has produced artists such as Three Days Grace, My Chemical Romance, Seether, Halestorm, Papa Roach, etc. LYLVC has recorded new music with Producer Kane Churko who wrote many rock hits for bands such as In This Moment, Bad Omens, Five Finger Death Punch, etc. and released their new single "Barely Human" on August 15th of this year.
LYLVC has partnered with Judge & Jury Records, founded by multi-platinum record producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Skillet, Theory of a Deadman, Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Flyleaf, Halestorm, In Flames, etc.) & second to none active rock record holder Neil Sanderson (founder/songwriter/drummer of Three Days Grace).
The new single "Barely Human" emerges from the ruins of civilization, the song envisions a world where survivors of an apocalypse trade parts of themselves in exchange for survival, only to end up “barely human” by the end. The track is accompanied by a cinematic music video directed by award-winning filmmaker Jensen Noen (Falling In Reverse, Bring Me The Horizon). Backdropped against an end-times wasteland, dual vocalists Alyse Zavala and Oscar Romero prepare to face off in a vicious steel-plated battle. Indio Falconer Downey stands guard for Alyse, equipped with a space-age arsenal as he prepares to face the enemy.
"I think this is my favorite song right now. The verses quickly paint this picture of a post-apocalyptic world where a virus has spread so far that it’s left nothing but a void of pain, fear, and uncertainty for the future of humankind. The survivors have had to replace their lost limbs with robotic limbs, or a lost eye with a robotic eye. We are all ‘Barely Human’ now and forced to choose sides between going full AI robot and turning off all our empathy, or holding onto what's left of our humanity/emotions. Sometimes I personally struggle with turning off my emotions and I dissociate when I need to be strong or cold in order to survive." ~Alyse
"When I wrote my lyrics of 'Barely Human,' I wanted to capture the feeling of watching humanity slip away in a world that’s becoming more robotic and disconnected. It feels like we're staring into this deep abyss, where the darkness is judging us for how far we've strayed. What does it mean to become a machine— plugged into the mainframe, but disconnected from the world and each other? I’m not trying to answer these questions, but just to ask them—have we really lost so much of ourselves that we’re barely human anymore?.” ~Oscar
In addition, LYLVC is known for insanely energetic live performances. For all upcoming LYLVC live shows, visit: https://lylvc.com/events.