Lizzy Plapinger Explained

Birth Name:	Elizabeth Plapinger
Alias:	LPX
Birth Date:	8 May 1988
Birth Place:	London, England
Origin:	New York City U.S.
Instrument:	Vocals
Years Active:	2011–present
Associated Acts:	MS MR

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Plapinger, known professionally as LPX when performing as a solo artist, is the lead vocalist of indie pop duo MS MR and co-owner of boutique record label Neon Gold Records.^[1]

Music career

Now based in New York, Plapinger comes from London. She went to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York where she met MS MR partner Max Hershenow. Plapinger had played saxophone in a middle-school band and learned to play drums in college. During her sophomore year, she started the record label, Neon Gold, with Derek Davies. The label specialized in releasing limited-run, seven-inch singles and helped launch the careers of Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, and Marina and the Diamonds.^[2] Since then, Neon Gold Records has partnered with Atlantic Records.^[3] Plapinger has worked with fashion brands including Stella McCartney, Gucci, and Marc Jacobs.^[4]

In January 2017 Plapinger released the single "Tightrope" using the name LPX.^[5] In April of the same year, the second single "Tremble" appeared,^[6] followed by the single "Slide", the following November. In January 2018, her debut EP as a solo artist, called “Bolt in the Blue”, was released.

Discography

With MS MR

See main article: MS MR discography.

Albums

• Candy Bar Creep Show EP (2012)
• Secondhand Rapture (2013)
• How Does It Feel (2015)

Singles

• "Hurricane" (2012)
• "Fantasy" (2013)
• "Hurricane" (re-release) (2013)
• "Think of You" (2013)
• "Painted" (2015)
• "Criminals" (2015)
• "Wrong Victory" (2016)
• "Saturn Return" (2023)

As LPX

EPs

• Bolt in the Blue (2018)
• Junk of the Heart (2019)
• Go The Other Way, Called The Echo (2021)

Singles

• "Tightrope" (2017)
• "Tremble" (2017)
• "Slide" (2017)
• "Might Not Make it Home" (2018)
• "Give Up the Ghost" (2019)
• "Global Warming" (2019)
• "New Mood" (2020)
• "Delayed Gratification" (2020)
• "My Best" (2020)

Other releases

EPs

• "Siouxsie EP" (Mr. Dream ft. Lizzy Plapinger) (2012, Limited edition cassette-only)^[7]

Other songs

• "Sell It All" (Glass Gang ft. Lizzy Plapinger) (2013)
• "Inferno" (Sir Sly ft. Lizzy Plapinger) (2014)
• ”Better” (What So Not ft. LPX) (2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bell . Gabriel . How Two Buds Started Neon Gold Records . Refinery29 . Refinery29.
2. Web site: White . Logan . Meet MS MR, the Next Florence and the Machine . 23 May 2013 . Newsweek.
3. Jem . Aswad . Neon Gold Announces Partnerships With SONGS Music Publishing, Gold Atlas PR . Billboard .
4. Web site: One City, One Girl: a new video by Stella McCartney . Buro247 . Buro 24/7.
5. MS MR's Lizzy Plapinger Announces New Solo Project LPX & Drops Debut Single 'Tightrope' . Billboard . 24 September 2017.
6. LPX's Lizzy Plapinger Gets Real About Solo Project & Releases New Single 'Tremble' . Billboard . 24 September 2017.
7. Web site: Mr. Dream + Lizzy Plapinger (MS MR): Israel (Siouxsie and the Banshees Cover) . Soundcloud.com.