This short jolt of adrenaline is the artist’s first official release since 2019
The frenetic and short new ‘Heads Or Tails’ is a rapid-fire example of the unique appeal and charm of UK artist Beija Flo.
The artist and her sound are impossible to pin down, with her sound ranging from candid, earnest balladry to cutting edge, acerbic-witted punk, often cramming all of these aspects into tightly-knit spaces, as she does here. There is a unerring flair for the dramatic and unpredictable that the artist possesses that makes her feel vital and thoroughly exciting.
About the new release, Beija shares
I wrote Heads or Tails in my hometown, Harlow in Essex. Until a couple of years ago we were the most murderous town in England and Wales. Over the years I’ve watched the beautiful sculpture town, my Grandad helped build, continuously vote Conservative – who constantly make empty promises and cut funding. There’s a block of old offices on top of a car park in the centre of town where vulnerable people have been forced to move into, due to lack of affordable housing in and around London. They’re not converted offices, just offices with beds in. Small, cramped. One room for a whole family. They call it the human warehouse. There’s nothing for the locals. No nightclub. Barely any restaurants. There’s nothing for young people. There’s nothing there at all. Just this grey, dull, sadness. Up and down the country, there’s Harlow’s all over. It’s broken Britain. It makes me want to scream.
