After the poppier sound of recent single ‘You’re The One’, ‘So Far Away’ from Charli XCX’s summer mixtape Heartbreaks & Earthquakes gets its own focus and a Disney princess cutup video by Ryan Andrews. It’s more in vein with the earlier tracks ‘Stay Away’ and ‘Nuclear Seasons’, a darker sound that I’m more taken with in her music. Still, it’s early days for Charli. Download the mixtape at her site. She’s supporting Labrinth at The Academy next month.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
