4U Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/4u/ New and independent music Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:52:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 4U Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/4u/ 32 32 88787050 Flash Review: Mal Devisa – 4U https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/11/03/flash-review-mal-devisa-4u/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:14:16 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=6682 Deja Carr released mini-album 4U under the name Mal Devisa back in 2014, but after what sounds like a triumphant appearance at the Portals/Stadiums & Shrines CMJ Showcase, word has only just spread far enough to reach our ears. And God are we glad it did. Carr is the sort of artist that defies any one clear genre – you could argue bedroom pop or rock or soul and be factually correct while kind of missing something important. 4U combines an array […]

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]]> Deja Carr released mini-album 4U under the name Mal Devisa back in 2014, but after what sounds like a triumphant appearance at the Portals/Stadiums & Shrines CMJ Showcase, word has only just spread far enough to reach our ears. And God are we glad it did. Carr is the sort of artist that defies any one clear genre – you could argue bedroom pop or rock or soul and be factually correct while kind of missing something important. 4U combines an array of instruments and Carr’s quite stunning voice to create tracks that feel less like songs than aural representations of the artist, dropping genre clichés and constraints in favour of an organic sense of self-expression. Her début full-length promises to be something to behold and, judging by this successful Kickstarter page, we shouldn’t have to wait too long.

RIYL: Fiona Apple, Cold Specks, genre-bending folk

Favourite Tracks:

You can buy 4U right now from Mal Devisa’s Bandcamp page, along with a few other bits and pieces.

P.S. Devisa also records as MAL, which is another direction entirely. Listen below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV6GWUHEBSY

 

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