dodie's in a band? Can you believe it? When she announced she was part of FIZZ alongside Orla Gartland, Greta Isaac and Martin Luke Brown (all of whom I don't know), I was pretty surprised. dodie is someone who I've been following for a while now, and I enjoy a lot of her music, but her joining a band was so unexpected to me. Someone who primarily crafts intricate soft soundscapes that compliments her whispery vocals, putting herself in a loud indie rock setting feels like whiplash.
Their debut single was quite exciting though, I'll admit. High In Brighton is a high-energy tune that, with the benefit of the doubt, seems to nail it exactly on the head on what they want to sound like. It's carefree and fun, bursting at the seams with the passion of four friends united by a desire to have fun making music together. The vocals are vibrant and diverse on account of having four voices to play around with and harmonise, and the instrumentation is surprisingly robust even as it takes a background role against the vocals.
Something about this song reminds me of TV show theme songs, I can't pinpoint what exactly it is but the vibe in general reminds me of old sitcoms or cartoons where they show all the characters being goofy or whatever in the intro. Nevertheless, I love the lightheartedness and playful energy of the song, it's a welcome contrast to the majority of my current rotation.
Needless to say, I am intrigued. They've since released 4 more singles, and also unfortunately delayed the album release, but I am excited to find out what they have in store for their debut album. If it's as promising as this single makes it out to be, we might have a banger debut album on our hands soon.
Rating: 3/5