Camden artist Leelou is bringing us a powerful slice of post-punk pop with her debut EP ‘Kiss. Death. Love. Come’. After working and touring with French legendary cover band Nouvelle Vague she’s made a welcome return to her solo roots and has met her musical match in production partner Paul Simms.
Her first Single ‘Burn Your Houses Down’ (written about the MP housing scandal) is a catchy piece of unpretentious socio-political pop, believe it or not. With the pop accessibility of her tracks and her rich tremulous voice you could be fooled into likening Leelou to modern-day artists such as Marina and the Diamonds but with her dark and charismatic sound comparisons to iconic artists such as Siouxsie would be far more fitting.
Of all the tracks ‘Gasoline‘ is less punchy than ‘Burn Your Houses Down’ and is probably the most indie of the EP’s outputs but still manages to maintain some punkette percussion and edge. In contrast, ‘Kill For Your Love‘ and ‘Kiss Like Carnivores’ are stripped back, slower in pace and overlaid by a soft vocal drawl that sees her move towards a more grunge-inspired sound reminiscent of her cited influence Nirvana.
There is something very powerful about Leelou’s voice and indeed her songwriting skills and in a market where post-punk female artists are not commonplace I hope her offerings will go some way to filling the vacant void.
LeeLou’s debut EP ‘Kiss. Death. Love. Come’ is released on Enso Records on the 8th of November.
