Review

Lizzy Parks – Raise The Roof

This 7-inch single is produced by Ben Lamdin, the man behind the incredible ‘Nostalgia 77’, so we’re already off to a great start, and it’s every bit as good as anything he’s ever put his production hand to before.

Lizzy Parks is singing beautifully on this work of art, and it IS a work of art – with it’s dense, panoramic and majestic soundscape. The track is a teaser though: it starts with a long build without the groove and all of a sudden it all kicks in, and I’m thinking, “Great, a potential all-time classic here”, and all of a sudden it drops back down to atmospherics again (the little tease) and all thoughts of it filling floors throughout the left-field world are over. Does it matter? It was intended to be this way and, ok, it’s not a dance track after all but, my goodness, it’s an epic piece of work.

They continue to rub your commercial nose in it on the b-side where it continues on shifting the moods once again in Lamdin’s off-kilter fashion. It’s an unusual choice for a 7 inch release I suppose, but if I’m judging this on musical quality rather than danceability then it’s got to be an almost perfect 9 out of 10!
Words SNOWBOY