Eliza Shaddad quietly released her debut EP Waters to critical acclaim in the summer of last year, and she returns rather loudly with a thumping new track called "Wars".
Packing a punch with a much fiercer overall sound while still harnessing elegant, nimble and bitter-sweet characteristics of her earlier work, "Wars" washes over full of conviction and flashes of vitriol.
Driven by a powerful drum beat, the track sees the Shaddad deliver a raw and passionate vocal performance as an acoustic guitar riff sparks even more energy into the track.
"Wars" is the gateway to this whole release; it was the first song written for the EP and the first sign of this more brutal sound. We were playing it live as a band, and it was getting louder and grungier and crashier each time, and it felt so good that when it came to recording I just wanted it to kind of implode. Lyrically it’s about fighting to hold something in, and I think musically we’ve created something that really supports that – ethereal, almost eerily controlled vocals gliding over a bed of increasingly rolling turmoil. Best unleashed loud.
This one ticks all the boxes from beginning to end. The track is taken from Shaddad's forthcoming EP, Run, scheduled for release in early 2016.
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