The Cusp has been played on NTS shows including All Trades w/ Chuggy, with Money (Peaking Lights Flying Faders Dub) first played on 13 August 2023.

The CUSP (US) , a change, a prophecy, a realization that what once was will soon be no more. For Los Angeles’ Lucas Fitzsimons, The CUSP is not just apropos new solo project but a new creative beginning.

Disillusioned and stymied by his former band The Molochs, Fitzsimons felt chewed up and spit out by a vague but all too familiar enemy. From Primavera Sound to pushin’ popcorn at a local theatre, lost inspiration and a confused mind became good fodder for a creative change. As Fitzsimons recalls, “It took a while to admit I didn’t want to do my old band anymore. I just didn’t wanna do it. After nearly a decade with the Molochs, I couldn’t imagine starting something new without it seeming like some sort of desperate attempt to stay afloat. It was undeniable, though, and I had, I HAVE, no choice. A little part of me had to die in order for the Cusp to be born. Whatever died made room for something new.”

Fitzsimons soon found new inspiration in the off kilter poetry-like lyrics of Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder, The DIY philosophy of Nipsey Hussle and Tommy Wright III, the bass heavy dub productions of King Tubby and Adrian Sherwood, and the psyched out rhymes of P-Funk . “I started hearing something different in music… the Dylanesque wordiness was shoved away by bass lines, by groovy drum beats, by sparse (yet eloquent) lyrics. I found a sub bass had more to say to me than heady lyrical verses.”

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The Cusp (UK) are a three piece band from Nottingham, UK, currently comprising of Matt Fleetwood (Vocals, Guitar), Scott Bane (Bass) and Neil Ward (Drums). Originally a vehicle for Matt Fleetwood's songwriting, The Cusp formed as a band proper in 2008 and have since drip fed music digitally via their website and are currently underway to completing their first physical release for Nottingham label 'I Own You'.