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LIVE REVIEW: CRAWLERS

Crawlers Arts Club Theatre, Liverpool, 24-25 March 2022 Words and Photos by Gary Lambert The opening of Crawlers‘ first tour since the release of the bona fide hit Come Over (Again) was going to be a must see event, and we felt incredibly fortunate at Popped Music to be able to go and see both sold out nights at Liverpool’s Arts Club Theatre. With Crawlers getting to craft the bills as they…

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Beija Flo shares new single ‘Waiting For the Sun’

‘Waiting For The Sun’ is the second of a special trio of songs by Beija Flo recorded at SPQR’s Yellowbird Studio and produced by Sam Baker, long-term collaborator and pal. Each single is accompanied by a limited edition signed and numbered art print featuring the single artwork created by Beija Flo herself.

About new single ‘Waiting For The Sun’, Beija shares: “I find it hard to describe what 'Waiting For The Sun' is - not because I don't know what it's about, but because it's emotionally challenging to talk about. It feels like such a milestone in my life to finally be releasing it. I've been sitting on it for the entirety of my adult life, it's had many guises.

“I wrote the song at the start of my journey into the real world. I'd just moved somewhere new to start something new. It was also born not too long after being diagnosed with MRKH syndrome and after experiencing heartbreak for the first time.

“I've been through so much since then. The meaning of the song has changed so much over the years and I suppose continues to. I've been lonely, bruised, forced, scarred. Nostalgia has always made me sad. It's hard to be happy whilst time travelling when there is just so much grief to revisit. There are also so many mountains that I have climbed and claimed whilst carrying these weights around.

“I have become quite the mountain climber I suppose. Forever chasing the sun over monstrous hills. But I've done it and I continue to do it. I look back at what I have battled and won and I can't help but be in awe of that young woman. I imagine this is what motherhood feels like.

“I suppose I find talking about ‘Waiting For The Sun’ so difficult because it's a medal. It's a big medal I wear across my chest, day in, day out. It was born in the middle of a war, and is now a growing series of very precious battle scars. It's hope.”

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Beija Flo self releases new single ‘Heads or Tails’

‘Heads Or Tails’ is a 1 minute 35 second headspin, written about Beija’s hometown of Harlow in Essex. This single is the first of a special trio of songs recorded at SPQR’s Yellowbird Studio and produced by Sam Baker, long-term collaborator and pal.

Impossible to pin down, Beija Flo’s sound is one that encompasses everything from open hearted balladry to acerbic punk. Tackling everything from love and relationships through to mental and sexual health. She is truly an artist for our times, juxtaposing her darkest moments against those of enduring hope.

About new single ‘Head Or Tails’, Beija shares: “I wrote ‘Heads or Tails’ in my hometown, Harlow in Essex. Until a couple of years ago we were the most murderous town in England and Wales. Over the years I’ve watched the beautiful sculpture town, my Grandad helped build, continuously vote Conservative - who constantly make empty promises and cut funding. There’s a block of old offices on top of a car park in the centre of town where vulnerable people have been forced to move into, due to lack of affordable housing in and around London. They’re not converted offices, just offices with beds in. Small, cramped. One room for a whole family. They call it the human warehouse. There’s nothing for the locals. No nightclub. Barely any restaurants. There’s nothing for young people. There’s nothing there at all. Just this grey, dull, sadness. Up and down the country, there’s Harlow’s all over. It’s broken Britain. It makes me want to scream.

“‘Heads Or Tails’ is the rusty ferris wheel that just keeps turning, going absolutely nowhere. The loud neighbours next door with the dog constantly in the garden. Hooded boy, in and out of the front door. Endless. Horrific. Sad. Intoxicated. Hilarious. Hopeful. Hopeless. Unflattering desperation. Omnipresent insanity. You hate it. You want to hug it. You can’t describe it. You can’t taste it.”