Mark “Kaz” Kasprzyk started Redlight King as a vehicle for his songwriting a decade ago, after moving down from Canada to Los Angeles, seeking out the “most super-rad” musicians in town for a pair of albums on Hollywood Records -- 2011’s Something for the Pain (which included the Rock/Alternative hits “Old Man,” a tribute to his dad featuring a vocal sample granted by Neil Young himself, and “Bullet in My Hand”) and 2013’s Irons in the Fire (highlighted by “Born to Rise,” a song that played over the end credits of the 2014 Kevin Costner film, Draft Day).
Mark worked on new material for three years and is now about to unveil the results from the upcoming third full-length Redlight King album, the first he’s recorded for an indie label, in this case, Parts + Labor Records, teaming up with its co-founder and house producer Jimmy Messer (AWOLNATION, Kygo, Kelly Clarkson). On songs like the first single, “Lift the Curse,” which channels ‘70s era Aerosmith and AC/DC, and “Nobody Wins,” borrowing a Motown bass line and “Sympathy for the Devil” percussion, Mark’s new direction doubles down on his blues roots and moves away from the hip-hop/rock hybrid he’d become known for.