Mixtape Review: Lily Moore - ‘More Moore’
As if you’d expect any less, Lily Moore’s More Moore Mixtape is a masterpiece.
It may sound daft to call a twenty-one year old timeless, but Lily Moore justifies the tag with her latest release More Moore Mixtape. Her voice confidently oozes class and sophistication, comparable to those she takes influence from- Etta James and Amy Winehouse amongst other greats.
The mixtape starts with a Maverick Sabre collaboration, (Maverick Sabre being, perhaps, one of the most underrated soul voices of this generation), and the song is instantly classic. With sounds straight out of the 70s, the track has eternally familiar backing vocals and instrumentals that hark to a dark, smoke-filled bar whilst Lily croons to those watching in awe.
The song’s followed by ‘Better Than Me’, a Mark Ronson era Amy Winehouse sort of track, with plodding pianos and unapologetic lyrics. The song has a tongue-in-cheek, almost nursery rhyme quality to it, which doesn’t do the sophistication of the track justice, but ultimately correlates to the catchiness and likeability of it.
The mixtape ploughs ahead with considerable strength, with a live rendition of ‘10 Ways’ creating stormy atmospherics displaying depth in Moore’s versatility, and collaborations from Tobie Tripp and Dan Caplen standing out as highlights, before finishing on ‘Die Just a Little’. The track’s a demo, and yet somehow the slight roughness elevates it; the emotion of the song suits the unpolished feel perfectly.
As though playing support slows for James Bay, George Ezra and Freya Ridings and having your song featured on Love Island wasn’t big enough, Lily has been tipped as one of MTV UK’s ones to watch in 2020, and with the brilliance of this mixtape it’s hard to see it being her year entirely.
Words by Jarrad Saul