Edmonton’s Billie Zizi Shares Lovelorn New Folk Rock Song, “Neon Dream,” taken from Forthcoming ‘Levitate’ Album (Oct. 25th)

Edmontonian singer-songwriter Billie Zizi is releasing a new song from her dynamic and vulnerable new LP, Levitate (October 25th). “Neon Dream” begins as an innocent sounding lovelorn folk song before the track’s guitars build into an assertive storm of emotion.

“I wrote this tune as a bridge for another song,” Billie says of the song’s backstory. “But my co-producer, Austin Parachoniak, said that we should make it into its own song and I’m so happy he did. We recorded with no click and it kind of has a rawness and off-the-cuff emotional abandon that I really like. It’s my favourite tune on the record for that reason.” 

“I love the simplicity of a single repeating refrain and Austin’s solo is exactly the type of thing I’d love to hear at a late night festival set. The tune is about the spectre of loss that we all have and the ghost of love that lives in the dreamscape of the mind.”

Effusive and thoughtful, without pretense yet still above board, Billie Zizi carves a distinct path marked by sonic abandon and a wild spirit. Now on her third studio album, she continues to prove herself as an exciting emergent voice in modern music. The album dances gently through illusions of kaleidoscopic colour with Zizi’s masterful vocal prowess in full bloom. 

Fans of musical alchemists akin to Khruangbin or Glass Animals can expect melodic charms rife throughout the ten track run time. Listeners are treated to decorative and unpredictable cadences, poetic prowess and tasty mid-tempo rockers, creating an airy atmosphere that feels ethereal and whimsical.