Hazel English - It's Not Real

The second piece of jangly power pop from Hazel English (not her real name – see our previous post about her here if you want some more info that probably no other blog told you) carries on where the wistful Never Going Home left off. In a world where stadium EDM builds and mellow R ‘N’ B electronic jams have become so common place, it’s almost become possible to forget that any other form of pop music exists, especially something like this. For It’s Not Real sounds so lo-fi, so D-I-Y, so old school indie that it’s very old-fashioned style sounds refreshing. It’s a song for people who dance in a slightly awkward, shy, ‘please don’t look at me in the corner’ way. Floppy fringes are probably involved as well. There’s lots of people out there comparing Hazel’s sound to things like summer and the beach (well, it was in the PR email) but we think it would work equally well on a grey wet day. It’s as much rainy Manchester or drizzling Glasgow as it is sunny California. Anorak music for anorak types – and that’s a compliment not a criticism.

Hazel English - It's Not Real