Liz Green – ‘Hey Joe’ (Play It Again Sam Records)

A taster from Liz Green’s debut album ‘O, Devotion’. ‘Hey Joe’ serves as the opening track to the record which is released on Play It Again Sam Records.
What strikes the listener is the strength of Liz Green’s vocal throughout the song. The Liverpool singer’s voice fits perfectly with the off-kilter yet totally familiar brass backing when it arrives mid-song; Imagine the slightly under-cooked backing of a latter day Tom Waits (both with Epitaph and without) or Jordan Reyes might accompany. It is pop, I guess but with a wonderful small slice of quirky, alternative production.
Hard to ignore, my hope that the album,’O Devotion is of the same standard, resists the bright eyed, bouncy brain dead pop of what, I hope is yester year. More than happy with a landscape were Liz Green wanders; it would be a good place. 8/10
Steve Janes