Friday, 28 March 2014

Music - Part 192 - Lizzy Spit



Lizzy Spit – Trouble Lies Deep EP (Rifton Records)
CD/DL
1 April 2014


Guitarist and singer songwriter, Lizzy Spit releases her new EP.  

Anyone who goes by the name of Lizzy Spit is going to attract attention before she’s even sung a note. Fortunately, the sound that comes from her mouth is pure beauty. A singer with a quite incredible voice that you are almost sure to hear again and again quite soon.

Already championed by much mainstream radio and a huge success on the internet, her digital following is creating a stir and making everyone sit up and see what all the fuss is about. 

She’s clearly loved and lost in her life as her lyrics are heart-breaking, either that or she is an amazing songwriter.  Her words tear at your soul, unless you don’t have one.  The four tracks included here are of superb quality and if they are a true representation of what she can do then there are good times ahead.

Her style is like a classic sound of Joni Mitchell or the writing skills of Carol King, there is very little like her at the moment.  Opener, Once Upon A Time is catchy from the off with a wistful guitar, light percussion and Lizzy’s voice which is simply sublime.   There are parts that sound familiar which helps to engage on first listening.



Intriguing echoes mark the start of All Dressed Up Nowhere To Go.  A slightly fuller affair with louder percussion this time, and Lizzy’s enunciation being perfect.  Another tale of lost love and woe is wonderfully expressed.


The brilliantly titled Goodbye (To The Ones Who Screwed You Over) is haunting with a string backing and enthralling rolling drums, and Gone, Gone, Gone is Lizzy alone with her guitar.  Immersing yourself in the music of Lizzy Spit it is difficult not to at least feel a tear well in your eye.  A remarkable and quite brilliant talent.

8.5/10


Links
Lizzy Spit on Twitter


Published on Louder Than War 31/03/14 - here






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