Pixey

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Pixey is Lizzie Hillesdon from Liverpool area. She has her own studio where she creates her music, including production. Her early stuff was influenced by the Madchester scene, her more recent stuff consist of synthpop bangers (like Chvrches). I think she is very talented and deserves support. Her debut album Million Dollar Baby will be released on 2nd August. Listen to these songs if you wish, maybe you will enjoy them. I think they’re catchy as hell.

From Wikipedia:

Pixey cites George Harrison, De La Soul, Nick Drake, Kate Bush, Björk, Grimes, the Verve, the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Beck, and the Beatles as musical influences, as well as the ‘90s Madchester scene.

(I love the shoegaze-y instrumental section)

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Pixey released her new album Million Dollar Baby: https://open.spotify.com/album/67dw7C6enQ3O05ZaI2dCaT

Potential AOTY!

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Look forward to checking it out from the write up!

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Great! Honestly, I like all 10 tracks. This album is a lean 34 minutes of quality pop music. The title track remains my favorite, it’s insanely catchy…

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digging it so far!

Two immediate standouts after a first listen. The Thrill of It has that pure pop sugar rush, great chorus that’s already sticking in my head after two listens, while Love Like Heaven dips into reflective indie more than I was expecting from write-ups. That one is giving me some Blondshell or Wolf Alice, shiny and hazy all at once

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little UK tour coming up, won’t be here for Glasgow sadly or I’d be very tempted

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I’ve been really enjoying it too!

I think Give A Little Of Your Love is the standout for me so far - been trying to work out whether she’s nicked a bit of Jealous Guy for it.

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I listened to this album 10 times so far. I can say all 10 songs are great, every single one is interesting. Pixey simply didn’t miss. Man Power is such a powerful opener; she was definitely inspired by Vanishing Point & XTRMNTR eras of Primal Scream a little (and from Screamadelica for many of her past songs).

From her past releases, this underrated song Melody (From You to Me) really caught my attention. Such a punchy pop banger!

Yeah, she’s definitely a Primal Scream fan:

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Probably. Pixey has a few ballads in her discography. For instance, give it a try to Heaven from Sunshine State EP:

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Yep this is great, a lot going on! My favourites are the ones where she sounds like a Madchester Carly Rae Jepsen

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I guess you mean energetic songs like Bring Back the Beat. “Madchester Carly Rae Jepsen”, that sounds like a good description. Carly is a fantastic pop artist.

Immaculate groove!

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A new interview with Pixey: https://diymag.com/interview/pixey-million-dollar-baby

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A Strokes cover:

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Yeah quite like this

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Never knew she’s from Parbold :hushed:

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Yeah I first heard she was a Liverpool artist, then that she was from Ormskirk and then more specifically Parbold, which did me a bit.

Like when I found out Nisha Katona is from Skem

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Lol I thought she was from Ormskirk never knew Skem :grinning:

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What’s so special about Parbold? (I’m not from UK).

On a side note, her album is still on heavy rotation on my playlist. It’s so good! :star_struck:

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She was born in Ormskirk but now she lives in Liverpool.

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Yeah, I know. If you’re not from the UK - Liverpool, Ormskirk and Parbold are not far from each other.

It was just amusing to me and @barleysugar as it’s the general area we both (I think) have links to and not much comes from Ormskirk (old market town)…and even less from Parbold (village outside small market town).

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