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Devils In Details

by LIJO

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Devils In Details is indie artpop artist LIJO’s resistance to the idea you always have to give more.

That ‘being someone’ is always in the future.

That someone else’s perception of you matters the most.



LIJO explains: “I wrote this song as an outlet for my struggle with what success in life means to me. We can strive for something better, we can try hard to fit in, to make it, but in that process I think many of us follow paths that are carved out by society’s expectations or the pressure we put on ourselves. We run and run without realising what success means for us personally and if we are chasing what we really need, and often lose ourselves.”



After the groovy songs like ‘Future Memory’ and ‘Bee Suits’ and the hauntingly minimalistic ‘Spell’, Devils In Details shows a transformation from cold, machine-like sounds towards a warmer and more dramatic soundscape, and this transformation comes with a revelation: more of this will appear on the upcoming debut album, due out October 27th, 2023. LIJO: “I’m fascinated by the correlation with image and ego and the inner shows we perform for ourselves. What we show is often not what we are and what we say is often not what we mean. This has huge consequences for our personal lives as well as for the world we live in. I wrote an album that mainly revolves around this theme.”



DEVILS IN DETAILS gives us a little glimpse of what to expect of LIJO: groovy beats, lush melodies and literate songwriting.

lyrics

I just wanna feel something real
Push a cigarette against my skin
I don’t necessarily regret my words
It’s just that they spin and twist and turn
When they leave my mouth
Why won’t I just count the feathers of blackbirds?
Why won’t all those sounds just quietly wait their turn?

Dirt under my fingernails
Latex gloves and no one sees
I have to touch the ceiling still
In my dreams
I hear the marble crack and china break

I got my hands dirty for you, you
I got my hands dirty for you, you
I just wanna feel
I just wanna feel

I just wanna feel something real
Lay my body down, the rain comes in
What is there for me to keep
If I want nocturnal beasts but then I fall asleep?
Devil's in the details, details in dollars
The dollars control us
How can I go to heaven?

Smile until my jaws are sore
Taste of blood between my teeth
I’m standing here outside your door
The elite is gonna watch their garden fence in flames

I got my hands dirty for you, you
I got my hands dirty for you, you
I got my hands dirty for you, you
I got my hands dirty for you, you
I got my hands dirty for you
I got my hands dirty for you

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released September 22, 2023
written by LIJO
produced by Erwin Tuijl
mixed and mastered by Wessel Oltheten

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LIJO Utrecht, Netherlands

LIJO mirrors the weirdness of human behaviour in music.

“There’s an element of Kate Bush and PJ Harvey to it - that oddball female solo artist quality that’s rare to find these days.” - Thnksfrthrvw (UK)

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