New Music Review #22: ‘Lost in Limbo’ by Little Green

Are you the kind of person who still checks the old tree behind grandma’s house for fairies? The kind of person who thinks tea and gin are the keys to good health? The kind of person who thinks Jess Day and Ted Mosby were just lovable romantics discovering their own paths (no matter what those cynical snobs on the internet might say)?

If you are the kind of person who believes life, in all its mundanity and minutiae, can be a little bit magic… well, welcome to the soundtrack of your life.

Introducing the effervescent divinity of Sydney singer-songwriter Little Green.

Back in July, I reviewed Little Green’s stunning track ‘iridescent ghosts’, describing it as sounding “like The Waifs in the middle of a really excellent Ayahuasca trip”.

That theme holds true in new release ‘lost in limbo’, even if this track is a clear level-up from her previous outstanding efforts.

Her voice is utterly captivating, and the music as usual is ethereal and spellbinding. The song’s pitch and tempo conjure images of ocean volcanos erupting underwater, the hot lava instantly cooling into mesmeric shapes and floating into the abyss. It’s evocative and kaleidoscopic. Truly this is one of the most purely beautiful songs I’ve heard this year.

More than anything though, Little Green proves herself to be a tremendous songwriter – arguably the most impressive new lyrical talent to come out of Australia in recent memory. As she muses on the little things that make life exactly that, you can’t help but see it all, feel it all, and get delightfully lost in the poetry of the mundane.

Pure magic.

And a few others:

‘End of Time’ by Mell Hall (feat. Sahara Beck): Vibrating with energy and life, a fantastical dancefloor banger that channels next-gen Kylie Minogue vibes into an ecstatic festival-ready ode to joy and love.

‘Listen Up’ by Clea: If you love sultry anti-pop, but found the last couple years of the Lana Del Ray experience a bit stale, please allow Clea to reinvigorate you. Smoky, compelling, emotional, with a big hook – Clea is the real deal.

‘Get What You Want’ by Lastlings:  Lastlings are experts at making you want to dance and cry simultaneously. The newest release from the Japanese-Australian brother-sister electronic is a gorgeous, introspective exploration of mental health and battling your demons.