Check out the latest releases from the Liverpool music scene.
Spring is now officially just round the corner and what better way to usher in the seasonal positivity than a track from that Scouser in exile, Lewis Evans. Only The Strong is a nicely laid back track which Lewis channels his inner Clint Mansell of Nineties funsters PWEI with the help of French rappers LBLK. Evans should be applauded from the house tops for ploughing a musical path which is proving to be sonically interesting as well as artistically gratifying. Six months to go before his fourth album, Coeur Celeste, is released. I have a hunch the wait will be worth it.
If anyone states that “Romance is dead” within earshot, verbally scold them and direct them to Zara Smilie’s new single Pretty (out 2 March). A bespoke track, it is written for their girlfriend, and continues the track record of pleasing lyrical honesty. “Its oh so sweet, oh so real”. The first flush of romantic love is accurately recorded, a feeling that we can all relate to, at a time when we found the world a place of vibrancy – when the word jaded was not in our vocabulary…Memories of how we felt truly human. Pretty brings these feelings back.
Always a sucker for something coming out of left field, Eyesore & The Jinx had me within the first four bars of Float Like A Jellyfish (sting like a sub-tweet). This is stupidly tremendous, an art project that has mutated well beyond its initial parameters. The lyrics are absurd but just work, sounding like something David Byrne would deliver when Talking Heads where at the height of their creative powers. And the line “…stings like a sub-tweet” is hilarious. You may well find yourself playing this track over and over again, like me. I need to hear the forthcoming album (released 15 March) immediately. Like now!
Paint Me in Colour joins this motley musical crew of March with their single Pick Me Up (out 8 March). I usually avoid reading the songs bio, which is by its very nature packed with hyperbole in an attempt to brainwash the listener, but to be fair, its very accurate on this occasion. Pick Me Up exudes attitude, with its production sympathetically massive to boot. Glacial shimmering guitars splintering into the stratosphere, a growling bass and a suitable great vocal, this track demands your attention. So get going and check it out!
Roll on April!
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Sebastian Saint Morne
