IZZY DED & The Existential Dread is a Texas country-rock band built for the backroads. Hailing from Paris, Texas, their music pulls straight from the soul of the aging country boy — torn between the urge to get out and the stubborn need to dig in.

They call their sound “Backwoods Rock n’ Rollin’, Honky-Tonk Stompin’, Baretooth Country Blues music for the here and now.” It’s loud, raw, and unfiltered —the kind of music that rolls through like a storm you can’t outrun.

The band loves their mamas and their grandmamas, long drives to the South Coast, Southern beaches, and the first crisp bite of a Texas autumn. They show up loud, worn down, and unshaken — playing like every song might be the one that saves ‘em.

IZZY DED & The Existential Dread took shape in 2020 when songwriter Colton Sanders (Caviness, TX) and guitarist Orrin Vanderburg (Paris, TX) crossed paths at a local pub and started writing together. Drummer Antonio Wagnon (Sun Valley, TX) joined soon after, and the band quickly found its heartbeat.

They released their first two singles — “Red Freightliner Blues” and “All The Good Horses” — in 2022 before heading to Denim Diablo Sound in Dallas, Texas to cut their debut album with producer Ryan Michael (The Roomsounds, Kirk Holloway, Black Water Hose, King Clam).

Their next single, “Mama’s Only Child,” dropped in late 2022, setting the stage for the full record. After wrapping up sessions in early 2023, the album was mastered by Todd Pipes (Deep Blue Something) at Phantom Power Mastering in Dallas.

On Friday, October 13, 2023, IZZY DED & The Existential Dread released their debut 12-track album, “What Hurts Most,” staking their claim with a sound that’s as battered, bruised, and stubborn as the land that raised them.

IZZY DED & The Existential Dread are alive and well-- and they'll carry the weight so you don't have to.