Collapsed in Sunbeams, opens with a poem of the same name. “Stretched out open to beauty, however brief or violent, I see myself ablaze with joy,” recites the 20-year-old, who started writing poetry and short stories when she was just 11. Combining sing-speak vocals and her distinct soulful, soft voice, the former Dazed100er melds heartbreak and longing (
“Why do we make the simplest things so hard?” she sings on “Too Good”) with a much-needed optimism (
“Just know it won’t hurt so much forever,” goes the chorus of “Hurts”). A triumphant and intoxicating debut.
Elsewhere, south London favourites Goat Girl return with their sophomore album,
Ruff Dog, and today the British musician returns with its follow-up.
Blue Alibi is available to stream on all major platforms and can be purchased below, via Bandcamp.
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Blue Alibi features collaborations with Jonatan Leandoer (Yung Lean), Coby Sey, Relax Kevin, and Brother May. A press release describes the Leandoer collaboration as coming about when Curtly introduced us on the phone and we made this track in Tony Harewood, my purple-carpeted studio in [London s] Hither Green. The album also includes studio versions of material performed live by Levi s band CURL plus Monk, described as something that fell off from
Mica Levi Has Released Another Surprise New Album
Yung Lean is among the guests on Blue Alibi
The new release is called
Blue Alibi and features guest appearances from Jonatan Leandoer (a.k.a. Yung Lean), Coby Sey, Relax Kevin and Brother May, among others.
Here s what Levi had to say about the album:
This is about our friends Zako and Finn. Finn worked on a pretty troubled off-grid cannabis farm for 3 years in L.A. and then at age 23-24 used the money to buy his own sailing boat. Zako was working for another person helping them on the sailing boat from Cape Ferret to South America. He then met Finn on the docks of a bay in Venezuela where Finn was fixing his new boat. Then they sailed off into the sunset. Finn made me a video for this song.