Reviews
Ignoring Izzy's debut 'What I Need' is a devilishly tantalising trip (music to blame)
https://www.musicistoblame.co.uk/2025/10/ignoring-izzys-debut-what-i-need-is.html
Bursting through the door guns ablazing this Halloween, London-based band Ignoring Izzy have released their debut single ‘What I Need’.
Dripping with a freakish and distorted sensuality, the track is a whirlwind from start to finish, evoking the frantic nature of bands like the Dismemberment Plan and the tongue-in-cheek silliness of Oingo Boingo. The song jostles the listener back and forth, surrounding them in sultry vocals, liquid synth and persistent percussion, a tumble dryer cycle whirring around and around; a hypnotising journey from start to end....
Ignoring Izzy - What I Need (single review)
https://postpunksnotdeadzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/ignoring-izzy-what-i-need-single-review/
Gypsy-jazz brass and polyrhythmic bass provide a rich canvas for Ignoring Izzy to paint with colourful PJ Harvey-style vocals, melodically pleasing staccato saxophone, and jazz-rock guitar. Vivaciously energetic, their debut single What I Need is a fantastic culmination of musical styles.
Squelchy synths and tight drums bring 80s Herbie Hancock into post-Brexit punk. Yet somehow, half way through the song, a big-band style drum solo adds yet another surprising twist to the genre...