Having caught Lizzie No at the AmericanaFest UK showcases certainly didn’t prepare us for this current song from No’s new album ‘Halfsies‘. Far from the indie-folk of acoustic guitar and harp. ‘Lagunita‘ rocks out with the best of them.
‘Halfsies‘ is Lizzie No’s third album, and it differs somewhat from the previous releases as No explains: “Some albums are stories, some are films. This album is a video game.” The album traces the journey of Miss Freedomland (a character that represents No themselves and their audience), from a place of both internal and external exile to liberation. The album, No says, is meant to be immersive — these songs are to be inhabited, not just by the singer but by those who receive them: “If you’re in these songs with me, what seems at first like a journey of self-analysis becomes a journey to get free, and get your people free, as well. I think of the character as being chased by what I can only describe as Pac-Man ghosts of white supremacy, moving through the levels of this game.”
‘Halfsies’ is released January 19th via Thirty Tigers / Miss Freedomland.
