Låpsley - Falling Short

When Liverpool’s Holly Fletcher started making music as Låpsley, attention circuited her ability to sound like several humans at once. Vocals arrived in different, often overlapping, pitches. Comparisons to The Knife’s Karin Dreijer flocked in. “Is that a guy singing too?” was the immediate response. It’s worthy of a distraction, sure, but this dab-handed technique isn’t the appeal of Fletcher - new song ‘Falling Short’ proves this.

Simple as they come, her first song in seven months cements her status as a clear-headed songwriter that revels in complexities. If sped up and shoved alongside trusty donks, the piano line could serve as an Ibiza-worthy anthem - instead, it forms the backdrop for downbeat musings. “Been a long time coming but I’m falling short,” says the youngster, like adulthood’s creeping in for a nasty wake up call. The truth is that Låpsley’s arguably the most exciting UK newcomer around, an 18 year old songwriter with enough potential to render heady predictions wild understatements.