Little Dog Star releases new EP Something Infinite
Fresh off the back of joining the Toast roster, Little Dog Star today releases her new EP Something Infinite via Hunger/Polydor Records, alongside focus track ‘Put Some Miles On It’.
The catchy guitar-led track finds Izzy reflecting on the changing nature of friendships, when differing paths and personal growth create distance not just in miles but in connection too. It follows the infectious first taste ‘Radio Show’, released last month which saw her tracing the thrilling and all-encompassing nature of falling in love.
Speaking on the new track, Izzy shares: “Put some miles on it was written about friendships that have warped and changed as I’ve grown and moved away. It’s about driving and literally putting some miles and distance between myself and that feeling of knowing something isn’t the same. It came about super quickly and organically. I actually said the title out loud while talking about leaving behind things that had at one point been the centre of my life. It just all poured out and honestly I could have written a million different versions of it, lyrically felt very true and really stirred something in me.”
Across its four tracks, Something Infinite is a confident step forward for an artist defining her own path. Named after one of the smallest but brightest stars in the sky, Little Dog Star is the project of Izzy Steele, a north Manchester-born, London-based artist whose music sits at the intersection of restless honesty and careful craft.
Speaking on the EP, Izzy shares: “This project was born from a place of being curious about who I could be and what my life could look like if I really listened. It’s about pursuit, purpose & driving miles away from a life you know.”
Born from a bold move across the country – that also found Izzy parting from a near decade-long career as an actor that defined most of her teenage years – the project took shape as she sought solace in music and creativity as a means to process the huge transitions she was experiencing. Finding herself miles from home and family for the first time in her life, she began experimenting with songwriting between shifts at coffee shops and pubs in the city.
Music has always been an undercurrent in Izzy’s life; growing up in the orbit of Manchester’s rich creative scene, she first discovered it through her dad’s car stereos – shouting along to Fun Lovin’ Criminals on long drives with the roof down – and her grandmother’s Elton John songbooks, which inspired her learning of the piano. Touchstones of her upbringing included Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, and David Bowie, eventually melting with modern influences like Bon Iver and The Japanese House.
Her 2024 debut EP National Disgrace marked her first venture into music, and follow-up Something Infinite feels like an arrival. Thematically it explores the aftermath of upheaval – movement, searching, and the particular isolation of being dissatisfied with a life that looked enviable from the outside. Lyrically it finds Izzy at her most honest and direct, feeling a newfound sense of bravery after monumental transformation.
Something Infinite is the first taste of a thrilling new era for Izzy Steele, and the start of more to come.
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