Liz Nash – Little Heart Attacks (2025)
Embracing her passion for music at a young age, US-based Liz Nash could be found playing guitar at the local library, losing herself in the tales she spun – it is this mesmerising loss in stories that brought and continues to bring her folk-inspired music take life. Not our introduction to Nash, this songstress turned our head with her single ‘Boo Boo Betty’, although she was already an internationally established name. Her moving performances ensnared senses across continents from Asia to North America; however, you need not see her perform to enjoy her uplifting folk sound. The latest addition to her discography is the single ‘Little Heart Attacks’.
Following her well-received ‘Boo Boo Betty’ and ‘Baked Potato’, Nash continues to explore the complexity of relationships with an intricate blend of mental health and modern-day relationships in ‘Little Heart Attacks’. In ‘Boo Boo Betty’, her narrative explored a “…fictitious character that goes through her daily activities while suffering from severe depression”; she continues but slightly deviates from individual mental health to the interplay of a romance that may or may not be ideal. She raises the question of opposites attracting when delving into the emotional side of each individual. Nash explains:
“This story song is told in the first person. She is an anxiety-prone person and is dating an adrenaline junkie. It describes their differences and how he gives her “little heart attacks”. In the third verse, you see what they see as “living life to its fullest” – to him it’s living on the edge; to her it’s living a safe and secure life… It’s an interesting take on relationships. It digs into how opposites attract, but is it sustainable if the partners can’t find a happy medium?”
One aspect I find intriguing is the mish-mash of toe-tapping melodic bounce that has you singing along (even if you don’t know the words) but also oozing darkness in the serious lyricism. Joined by Jeff King (guitar), Oskar Cartaya (bass), and Paul Alexander Gonzalez (drums), John Marsden sprinkles his magical production dust on a grungy tune, making it glitter with kaleidoscopic rockabilly, yet retaining the tragedy lingering in its grungy exterior.
Find out more about Liz Nash on her official website, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Spotify.
This artist was discovered via Musosoup #sustainablecurator
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