Yeeeaaaahhhhya!
Two new songs by the yards of tune in the space of 12 hours? I’ll have some of that thank you very much.
This afternoon the French site Le-Hiboo posted their footage of Merrill and one of her travelling companions playing new song “Doorstep” on the streets of Paris, and at one point she even did a Half-Jimi (where Jimi pulled the guitar up to his face and played with his teeth, Merrill pulled her guitar up to her face and sang into it). Then this evening the Zane Lowe stand-in on BBC Radio One Huw Stephens played “Gangsta”, another newbie from her upcoming album “w h o k i l l”.
If you’re not a fan of her music already then chances are this song will not win you over, it turns the “different” up a notch. Her signature yell and layered repeating-vocals and backing vocals are present, but also making the trip are snippets of conversations (like “For You” from her debut), angry Sax riffs, electrocuted stuttering harmonies, and a dirty driving bass line that all sounds like it was recorded inside an empty beehive.
She seems to be polarising a lot of people with her music and it’s easy to hear why, but she’s definitely pushing the envelope of Experimental-Indie-Folk-Rock….and even certain elements of music itself. I’m just glad we have her. Oh…..and never move to her ‘hood, cause danger is crawling out the wood, apparently.
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