Single: LOCAL LOSER - LIE / ALONE

On the surface, LIE and its B-side ALONE seem to be worlds apart. The first is a loud, explosive rock ballad. The sharp grittiness of its intro cuts through listeners' ears beautifully, as the fiery lead guitar, booming drums and chaotic distortion transports them to a dark, underground punk show. The lyrics are reflective and deeply real as they capture the artist's struggle between truth and lies. ALONE is its opposite, a quiet, slow acoustic track, which allows every word its moment. LOCAL LOSER’S vocals here are magical, echoey, and wistful; they are miles apart from the raucous energy of those displayed in LIE. And yet both tracks do have something in common: both offer a bold, raw representation of the queer experience, the rage, the frustration, the drive for something different. LOCAL LOSER’S songs have it all. These singles are the artist's record debut, having performed live at Billy Bootleggers earlier this year, but I feel they are already poised to become a one-in-a-million artist. @justalocal.loser (Max Christian)

-LeftLion