
Reference Points: Lyla Foy
10 December 2013, 12:00
Words by Sam Briggs
- Lyla Foy may have dropped the WALL moniker, but she’s lost none of her enviable capacity for moving, delicate intimacy. Currently travelling the UK in support of new single “Easy”, released on her new home of Sub Pop, Foy’s put together a little playlist of tracks that have soundtracked her latest travels.
The Zombies - “Care of Cell 44″
Gently uptempo. Wake up slowly.Elliot Smith - “Somebody That I Used To Know”
I’m a big fan of the two minute song. Sometimes there’s just no need for anything more.
Tom Brosseau - “Youth Decay”
I think I played a show with him a few winters ago at The Windmill, that’s why I own a record. It’s beautiful, really haunting. My onstage guitar sound is designed to match his.Snowbird - “Porcelain”
Stephanie Dosen’s voice is like silk. This new Snowbird track with my dear Simon Raymonde is stunning. Stream it on headphones so as not to miss a thing.The War On Drugs – “Comin’ Through”
Rambling, travelling, moving through places music.Little Joy - “Don’t Watch Me Dancing”
This is making me hungry for breakfast.Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man – “Tom The Model”
Emotive with every syllable. My favourite female voice.Big Star – “Thirteen”
Chilton takes us back to Tennessee in the early ’70s. Hop in!Listen to Lyla Foy’s own single, “Easy”, below. She headlines the Lexington tonight (February 10th).
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