I haven’t been keeping too close of attention on Mad Decent’s output of late but what I’ve heard from Major Lazer and some other bits and pieces sounds like a full-on assault. So it’s nice to hear something a little less relentless in the form of the label’s latest release LIZ who collaborated with Ryan Hemsworth and had few tracks last year.
There’s a free seven-track EP release coming on Thursday but ‘Say U Would’ is the pick of the bunch so far. A breezy club pop R&B jam with some ’90s influences. ‘Y2K’ isn’t far off some Aaliyah-style ’90s R&B either. The EP features production from Lido, C.Z., Mr. Carmack, Djemba Djemba, The Picard Bros., Colta, WEEP, Yung Oji and r.i.c. volta (no me neither).
Liz – ‘Say U Would’
LIZ – ‘Y2K’ (Prod. by Lido)
LIZ – ‘All Them Boys’
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.
