New Music Review #14: ‘Everyone I’ve Met Hates Me’ by Suzi
Mornington Peninsula singer-songwriter Suzi Yaghmoor (known simply as Suzi) broke out last year with her triumphant single, 'Amelia', a track I named the fifth best Australian song of 2021.
She has spent the past six months or so surfing the wave generated by that earthquake of a track, and now, finally, blesses us with new music.
For me at least, this is the most anticipated release of the year. And it does not disappoint. It fucking rocks.
We are always told that your 20s are the best years of your life by people so far removed from their 20s they can barely remember them.
‘Everyone I’ve Met Hates Me’ is terrifyingly relatable for anyone currently going through those years and discovering, to their horror, that they’re often not so carefree. For anyone who woke up hungover with a fractured memory and the unmistakeable feeling that they might have ruined their life last night.
On this track, Suzi muses on the anxieties, insecurity, crippling guilt and constant questioning that so often accompany the transition to full-blown adulthood. Her voice has an authoritative vulnerability to it that makes it sound like you’re just talking with your wisest friend.
If you’ve ever had ‘Second’ by Hope D or ‘P Plates’ by Ruby Fields on repeat, then this song was written for you. You might hear an echo of Luca Brasi or The Hard Aches in it too. The hook is urgent, desperate, explosive.
Here’s hoping we don’t have to wait another six months for the next one!
And a few others:
‘Black Coffee' by Siala: An intergalactic afrobeat underscores the blazing, defiant bars of the Gold Coast MC. Sialla spits fire, a cathartic demolition powered by dark, raw lyricism. It’s intense and liberating and funky as all hell.
‘Magenta Mountain’ by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: The second single from their upcoming – wait for it – 20th studio album! A glorious attempt at capturing a vivid dream in song, ‘Magenta Mountain’ is a spiralling six minute odyssey of gleaming keys, whirring guitars and light-as-air vocals.
‘Surprise Me’ by Mallrat (feat Azealea Banks): Mallrat builds a contemplative bubblegum-scented dreamscape – then Azealia Banks takes to it with a flamethrower. Banks aims her trademark venomous barbs at everything from Louis CK to Nicole Kidman with ruthless effectiveness, in what turns out to be one of the year’s more surprising and delirious collabs.