There are some tracks that are instant fall-in-love withs, others that are instant no-nos, and ones like 'Ladybird' that start off as pretty nice, but have such a grower appeal that you wonder if they have been recorded with some electronic form of fertilizer, as by the third hearing you can't imagine not having it on repeat all day.
The outfit behind the glorious 'Ladybird' are new London foursome Beach Baby who met at Goldsmiths College and started making music together after co-vocalists Ollie and Lawrence placed an advert looking to build on their (then, folk-driven) dual songwriting partnership: future bassist Iraklis turned up dressing like a 50s college freshman (and swiftly got the gig), before drummer Shep completed the line-up. Balancing their burgeoning sound with make-do jobs ranging from a teaching assistant to feature-film script readers, the band have arrived with their first result.
'Ladybird' is a hazy, bittersweet track which traces but the subconscious workings of a relationship (“I wanna be your brother / Take a bite of the apple and just spit it out / I wanna be your mother / Raise you up and fuck you right up”), and draws you in across almost four minutes of melodic instrumentation, that genuinely does sound better each time; with a particularly effective ending, which makes it all the more worth going in for another replay.
Driven by Ollie and Lawrence’s disaffected but harmonic shared-vocal, (whoever is providing the vocal at around the 2:34 mark could easily become our fantasy man), ‘Ladybird’ was co-produced by William Lowes in various bedrooms and living rooms across London, with a languid mix courtesy of Cenzo Townshend (Jamie T, The Maccabees, Franz Ferdinand).
'Ladybird' is released on March 30 via Chess Club Records.
The band will play their first ever live shows around the UK in April, including London's Courtyard Theatre on April 15. This follows their supporting Jungle in Paris on March 29.
March
29. Paris, La Cigale (w/Jungle)
April
08. Brighton, Prince Albert
09. Salford, Eagle Inn
11. Cardiff, Dim Swn Festival
15. London, Courtyard Theatre
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