It seems like ages ago that The Guardian's excellent 'New Band of the Day' feature brought Ms. Sky Ferreira into my world but, finally, it looks like her quest for global domination is afoot.She's rumoured to have inked the most lucrative UK record deal of 2009 and has worked with a pick'n'mix of the world's best producers, so there's surely an element of pressure on the Californian 'it girl' to deliver. Her first stab at success comes in the guise of new single, '17'.
The song's lyrics, about a seventeen-year-old deviant, drinking in clubs and generally up to mischief, are presumably intended to shock but Lyndsay makes the point that this doesn't really have the same impact here as it does in Ferreira's homeland because of the drinking age.
There are a couple of other tracks in Sky's arsenal I prefer to '17' but I still think it serves as a pretty good introduction. I'm also glad those behind the scenes have managed to conserve some of her 'hipster' sensibilities, rather than trying to market her as some slinky pop princess. See for yourself:
Here's a few of Sky's other tracks worth checking out:
Sky Ferreira - Animal (Miike Snow Cover) (free download)
Sky Ferreira - Happy Dre
Sky Ferreira - Stand Back (Stevie Nicks Cover)
2 comments:
Woo linkage! No I do like Sky and, like you, I'm glad they're not trying to change her image (she still looks exactly how she did when she first started popping up on Cobrasnake) and I only wish good things for her. There was so much hype surrounding her before she even had a proper song up on her Myspace though so I'm worried it could all blow up in everyone's faces and in a year's time we'll all be like Sky-Sky-who...
Came across a good post on this:
http://biffwooten.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/happy-dre-what-is-this/
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