Pixi Ink – Blue Ink EP
Pixi Ink - Blue Ink EP
Release Date: 14th December 2018
If moody, lo-fi trip-hop with a
dark, treacly edge is your thing then you’ve knocked on the right door my
friend. Pixi Ink is an Irish singer-songwriter currently based in the UK and
this debut collection is about as bold and brave as they come. ‘Leave the Door
Ajar’ is the menacing opening track that would work well on an indie
psycho-thriller film soundtrack with its mix of Portishead atmospherics and 12
Rounds deadpan vocals. At least with ‘Old Friend’ there is a bit more sprinkled
optimism, like the sunlight through tattered net curtains the afternoon after
the night before, slowly sweating the alcohol out through your skin before the
bitter realisation of your actions sets in during the second movement.
On ‘Paper Dreams’, Pixi Ink
follows a Lana Del Rey meets Lordes pattern with breathy vocals and dream-like
atmospherics while ‘Tragic Tale’ has a skittish quality like the opening
credits of a spy movie full of energy, mischief and illusion. ‘Sunrise’ lives
up to its name with a vibe that builds like the warmth and light spreading
across a green landscape during those early moments of the day which is hard to
reconcile because I would normally have classified this as urban, night time
music full of neon and the darkest shades of black. The EP closes out with ‘How
Evergreen’ which is like a darker, moodier Morcheeba embracing those trip-hop
tendencies and behaving like Tricky, skulking in a corner with just a single
lightbulb flickering from a noose-like cord for company. There is darkness and
light on this EP with bold moves at every turn – particularly for a debut. Keep
an eye on this one or she’ll give you the slip.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/theinkofpixi/
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