Fee Gray – Little White Lie (2024)
Pushing the boundaries of pop punk with their eclectic enigmatic sound and style, Fee Gray is that shining gem in a pool of sonic pebbles. With their bright blue hair, a bit of a cheeky grin, and a soul-stirring sound, they must not be pigeon-holed. Making waves on an international scale from their debut single ‘Parasocial’ to the tear-jerking ‘Benz Through (Molly’s Song)’, and the 2024 single ‘Celibate’, Fee Gray enchants audiences far beyond their Irish borders. The latest addition to their discography is the single ‘Little White Lie’.
Following the critically acclaimed tracks ‘i might be drunk, but at least I’n in love’ and ‘Celibate’, Gray takes another step into 2024 with ‘Little White Lie’. Shifting slightly from the pop-rock sound of ‘Celibate’, ‘Little White Lie’ is a high-voltage, head-whipping rush of pop-punk with a hard rock chaser. Like stepping immediately into a hurricane of sound, Gray and Mister Sister recklessly toss you from pillar to post in the track; however, despite the chaotic melody, warmth slivers through the vocals. I find it intriguing how the combination of Gray and Mister Sister’s voices is a conversation but also an enhanced affirmation of the song’s profound theme – the issue of party culture. Fee Gray explains:
“‘Little White Lie’ is about coming from a party culture from two different stages. The beginning, where it’s a little fun waking up piecing the night together with your friends the morning after, and when it goes too far, when you’re too long on the scene and you’re not sure who you are without your vices any more.”
The concoction of hard-hitting guitars, crashing drums, and powerful vocals, ‘Little White Lie’ is the sonic covering over an open wound of insane partying… then again, in its brash grittiness, it is the song tearing the band-aid off the wound exposing it in all its tragic glory. While not noticeably sincere and sentimental, a hit of raw vulnerability lies in ‘Little White Lie’ bringing uncertain complexity to the madness.
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