More about: Greta Isaac

If you’d only heard Greta Isaac’s earlier releases, ‘I Think You’d Hate it Here’ would sound like a whole different person. Transforming from an angelic welsh folk artist, singing in three part harmony with her sisters on YouTube and penning lullabies, Greta is now something else entirely - modelled out of German expressionism, clowny surrealism and anger. Extending her sound into something burst way out of the singer-songwriter box, on one EP she pulls at strings of folk, electro, dance, rock and pure pop, all done masterfully. 

In six tracks, we’re presented with all angles of the artist. Bursting in with the angsty, stroppy 5”1 - Greta sums up the tone with the incredible one-liner - “I’m only 5”1, how did I become your worst nightmare?” Introducing a character that we've become obsessed with thanks to ‘Payri$e’, Greta steps into the shoes of a kind of alter ego, using her voice to take on a pop punk bratty princess persona that comes out on all her louder tracks. While songs like ‘how are you not freaking out?’ feel peeled back and personal, letting her inner self come out as she retreats back to her folk-ballad origins.

While some tracks have the potential to become club standards - ‘Nuh Uh’ and ‘Payri$e’ should be played at every pop night ever from now on - she doesn’t sleep on the lyricism. Still with the same vivid imagery and tender metaphors that coloured her earlier releases, everything has the same magic just with a huge dose of extra confidence now, as she takes her words and merges them with bolder sounds. 

But way beyond the music, Greta is more than the sound of the EP could ever get across. Wearing a million different hats of singer, songwriter, artist, creative director and stylist, all the different subsects of her creativity have gathered here. Coming along with stunning videos, beautiful artwork and a fresh look that’s unmistakably hers, despite being her second EP this one definitely feels like Greta’s arrival as an artist.

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More about: Greta Isaac