Bido Lito! Magazine | Issue 116 | August 2021

HOT PINK!
Words: Richard Lewis, Matthew Berks,
Jeanna Colhoun and Alannah Williams
Swirls of psychedelia, RnB, pop, electronica and punk provide a frenzied distillation of the best
new sounds being concocted across Merseyside. Hot szn is here. Dig in.
Sunzoom
The Garden Birds Of India
Inspired by a book of the same title sourced from a
bric-a-brac and antique shop in Liverpool (certain to
be wonderful Renshaw Street establishment 69A),
SUNZOOM offer up a sliver of sun-baked psychedelia. A
woozy ode to the ornithology featured in the book and
some species invented by the band, The Garden Birds Of
India evokes Super Furry Animals and Odelay-era Beck.
Released through cult label Colorama Records, owned
and operated by psych indie notables The Moons. RL
Cola Museum
Back Around
God only knows we’re in desperate need of an auditory
elixir to uplift our sore souls, and COLA MUSEUM’s Back
Around is just the fix we’ve been craving. Featuring
signature flows from BLUE SAINT and DAYZY, this
track finds a natural home in blending soulful RnB with
overdriven guitars and glittering pulses of synth where
it ascends into a feel-good, almost psychedelic buffet to
see you on your journey of self-discovery. MB
Katy Alex
Sucker For Love
Pop music innovator KATY ALEX breathes new life into
the genre with her edgy take on a classic pop sound.
The Liverpool singer has already made waves with her
previous releases, establishing herself as one of the most
exciting upcoming young pop artists in the city. Taken
from her debut EP, her latest release features a playful,
beat-hopping bassline, complimented by colourful use of
electronic drums and heavy synths. A memorable chorus
with strong vocal hooks which will have you a sucker for
this track again and again… and again. JC
Broken Down Golf Cart
In Centre Fold
BROKEN DOWN GOLF CART have a knack for producing
haunting tracks that captivate from the offset. Operating
under the cocktail-inspired moniker, Canadian Jen
Baranick is providing a quirky slice of goodness to the
indie-rock genre with her lush vocal performances and
exuberant electric guitar slides. With sultry bass drops
and almost-hidden backing screams and cackles, the
track is accompanied by a self-produced horror-inspired
music video that is a cinematic feat of its own accord. AW
James Neal
Paint The Dark
Formerly of indie-rock notables The Stamp, Paint The
Dark sees singer-songwriter JAMES NEAL change gear
to focus on Americana for his new output. An energetic,
country-infused hoedown, the cut doffs its cap (or should
that be Stetson?) to The Band and Gram Parsons with
maybe a smidgen of Gerry Cinnamon’s storytelling
thrown in. RL
Boom Dice x Sola
Embers
Pop powerhouse SOLA is back with a collaboration with
the enigmatic Boom Dice. With Raspy and sultry vocals
aplenty, along with a pummelling bassline and electronic
backing, Embers could make Billie Eilish blush. Backed
by insistent percussion, the instrumentation allows Sola’s
vocals to shine through and display the prowess she
possesses as a performer. The track offers a delightful
insight into what’s yet to come from Sola, and we can’t
wait. AW
Louie Miles
Another Blue
Its creator describes the suitably reverie-like Another
Blue as being about “how you can become unknowingly
addicted to your imagination, and the warmth and feeling
it can produce”. A mosaic of medicated sounding guitars
and wispy vocal melodies, the newest offering from the
alt-pop auteur brings 80s synth mystiques The Blue Nile
to mind. RL
Yammerer
Tell Me What The Ancient
Astronaut Theorists Believe
One of the best live bands on the Liverpool circuit at
present, psych punks YAMMERER blast back with the
bracing rush of Tell Me What The Ancient Astronaut
Theorists Believe. Led by frontman Jason Corbett’s sungspoken
narrative of a character called Jon Vertigo, the
scene begins in Panama with a ceiling fan rotating above
his bed, conjuring up images of Apocalypse Now. An
excellent new addition to the quintet’s stockpile of spiky
missives. RL
Loris and the Lion
Eat Me Alice
A subtle yet elusive questioning of gender identity, which
takes the age-old tale of Alice in Wonderland to new
narrative heights. Framed by ethereal vocal tones, the
lyrical depth of Eat Me Alice is unmissable. A gentle and
tasteful musical probing about concepts of not fitting in,
finding yourself lost and attempting to reshape your own
identity, in line with the presets and expectations of our
current society and culture. JC
Photography from left to right: Louie Buckley-King, Sola,
Cola Museum, Katy Alex
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