Liza Plants, Distortion and Acid Humor via She/Her Records
On November 28, She/Her Records releases That Wasn’t Love, the new EP by Liza Plants, an artist who has spent over a decade navigating between lo-fi bedroom pop, fierce self-production, and a brutally direct honesty.
This time, however, the narrative shifts. The songs are stronger, the production sharper, the structures more defined, and there is a clear intention to open a new chapter without abandoning the character that has always defined her work. All of it wrapped in a self-destructive humor that very few artists dare to wield so naturally.
The label describes it with irony: “not mind-bending, not ground-breaking, not genre-defying.” Liza herself adds that it is “exceptionally tolerable to listen to.” Against all expectations, this deliberate dismantling of typical release rhetoric becomes part of its charm.
From Wisconsin to Czechia: Displacement and Sarcasm as Creative DNA
Liza Plants was born in Wisconsin and has lived in Czechia since 2019, a move she describes as an attempt to escape the political trajectory of the United States. She grew up in a household dominated by ska (which partially explains her current psychological resilience) and found refuge early on in singer-songwriters who had little in common with her family’s musical canon.
That distance between expectation and reality became her creative DNA. For years, she released songs recorded in her bedroom, with raw productions that masked lyrics harsher than they first appeared. Vulnerability was always present, but layered under noise, frustration, and shyness.
With That Wasn’t Love, she takes a different step. She does not abandon her personality, but allows herself a more defined, more direct sound, closer to the references that have always followed her: Mazzy Star, Patti Smith, Lana Del Rey, and even Opus III.
The novelty is not in resembling anyone else, but in allowing those influences to surface without hesitation, leaning into a garage rock tone where distortion does not conceal, but amplifies a narrative that has always been deeply personal.
That Wasn’t Love
The official statement makes it clear: this EP was born after “reading half a page of two books about songwriting,” receiving honest criticism from someone who “tolerated listening to my music,” and working from a more open mindset after years of creative isolation.
That Wasn’t Love consists of four songs, each carrying its own personality.
- Hit Me Later
- Garden of Delights
- Safe Word
- Blurry Pictures of You
She/Her Records
The EP is released through She/Her Records, a label dedicated to amplifying and supporting transfeminine artists within an industry that still places barriers in their path.
The presence of the label represents a genuine political intention and a clear commitment: supporting creators working from unstable spaces, often with little institutional backing and a level of precarity many prefer to ignore.
That this release emerges from that context gives it particular weight.
Not out of victimhood, but because it reflects a life and creative journey that does not need embellishment to feel relevant.
That Wasn’t Love will be available on November 28, 2025, with pre-orders already active on Bandcamp and Ampwall.
It will not be available on Spotify, and the artist sums it up concisely: “fuck Spotify.”
Pre-order link //
https://album.link/lizaplants-thatwasntlove
Liza Plants Socials //
https://liza-plants.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/@liza_plants
https://www.instagram.com/eliza_plants
Our Take
At Other Voices, we’ve had the chance to listen to the EP, and it’s clear that Liza Plants isn’t trying to build an epic narrative or reinvent the wheel.
It’s simply a solid record: direct, honest, with identity. And that already puts it ahead of many projects operating with infinitely larger budgets.
If this release proves anything, it’s that there are still artists creating from uncomfortable, personal, and fragile spaces… and they still have something to say, even if the algorithm doesn’t reward them.