On paper, Lilith Ai is a fascinating, engrossing artist.
A key member of the Fight Like A Girl collective, she's been involved in piecing together fanzines, staging DIY shows in friends' flats and feminist club nights – oh, and she's also a musician.
Because that's where Lilith Ai becomes so much more. Sharing a stage with the likes of Skinny Girl Diet and other members of the London underground, the songwriter could easily be bracketed as a guitar artist – except she dodges this easily.
Difficult to define, her lo-fi sound has a fragmented, tattered quality. Emotionally honest and aesthetically diverse, Lilith Ai matches soul to electronics, hazy guitars to chopped up beats.
New track 'Hang Tough' is a case in point. Sharply poetic, the impressionistic music sits in sharp contrast to the brutal reality of the lyricism.
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