Lola unleash fuzzy introspection on searing new single ‘I Came Here to Conquer’

Manchester-based psych-rock outfit Lola return with ‘I Came Here to Conquer’, a blistering fusion of spit-flecked garage rock and swirling, anxiety-riddled psychedelia. Led by Zach Davison—formerly of Sour Grapes Records’ Sioux—the track digs deep into the battle of self-confrontation, set to a backdrop of distorted riffs and pounding tension.

Anchored by a fuzz-laden guitar palette that nods to the likes of BRMC and The Black Angels, the single is both a sonic release and a lyrical reckoning. Davison draws from a literary wellspring of Eliot and Ginsberg, turning inward to explore anxiety as a personal battleground. “You go about your mundane day and no one sees the internal war,” he says. That inner tension is sonically reflected in the track’s surging crescendos and heavy-lidded breakdowns—a deliberate, immersive storm of cathartic noise.

Equal parts poetic and pulverising, ‘I Came Here to Conquer’ is a bold step forward for a band unafraid to pair vulnerability with volume.