We probably go on about ex-Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts a bit too much on this blog, ( several hundred heads nod in agreement) but forgive us if we commit the sin just once more whilst we’re streaming this track from Canada’s Lowell. For Lowell is making the kind of music we’d really like Nicola’s second album to sound like. She’s got that blog friendly experimental edge but her sound is still immediately accessible; there’s enough icy cool but there’s also a fiery spark. It’s sung with an air of nonchalant sweetness but there’s also some shoutiness and attitude behind it. Basically it’s very good.
Having already worked on the Apparatjik collaborative project with Magne Furuholmen from A-Ha, Jonas Bjerre from Mew, Guy Berryman from Coldplay and Swedish producer Martin Terefe to produce the If You Can, Solve This Jumble mini album, now Lowell is gearing up to release her debut album in full through Arts & Crafts. The Bells is a taster from that record; it’s a ding-dong hook laden mid-tempo pop tune that’s getting a lot of rotation in Breaking More Waves towers, just with no Quasimodo in residence.
Lowell - The Bells
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