Description:
Welling up from the dark bars and clubs of London`s thriving indie music scene, rock n` roll prodigy Liam Finn has bounded onto the international music scene with the force and presence of an artist twice his age. The twenty-three-year-old New Zealand native writes, produces and engineers his own music, adhering to a strict DIY creative process. Finn penned the songs on Lightning during the past two years which have seen him leave his native New Zealand and move to London with his band betchadupa. Now on indefinite hiatus. Liam`s new songs are inspired by some ensuing bad fortune including evictions, muggings, thefts and the ending of a long-term relationship. Recorded in his father`s (Crowded Houses` Neil Finn) Roundhead studios in Auckland, NZ, I`ll Be Lightning was recorded live to analog tape and in keeping with his DIY credo was written, produced and engineered by Finn himself. Finn`s melodies feel as if they were snatched from the ether, faintly familiar like the musical stowaways of a dream. His lyrics sit latent, only making their meaning known when you stop trying to interpret them. His innovative future-vintage approach to his craft and his strict hands-on creative philosophy are two reasons he remains an authentic and talented independent artists on today`s musical landscape. (Yep Roc)
