BAR ITALIA
Some Like It Hot – releasing on Matador Records 17th October

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and
Jack Lemmon about a group of rogue musicians on the adventure path. It
is funny, sexy, rambunctious and evergreen – a showcase of a
triple-threat cast at full-throttle. Some Like It Hot is also the new
album by London three-piece bar italia, and certain parallels are
perhaps not accidental. It pulses with romance, intrigue, self-discovery
and rapture over lustful rockers, spellbinding folk pop, punch-drunk
ballads and undefinable moments that sneak up on you like a burst of 5pm
sunshine. The record is the culmination of the joint inner world of Nina
Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton – three singer-songwriters
who have transcended their underground roots to embrace a bold,
widescreen horizon.

Take the multitudes contained within 'Cowbella'. The lyrics are a
character study and/or assassination of a mysterious female protagonist,
where kiss-and-tell gossip devolves into obsession: "Did she run or did
she stay / whats it gonna take for you to say? How was her mother? Did
she have a father? Did she keep a lover between the lines?" Unfolding
over a wiry, shapeshifting rocker that arrives at a skywards coda of
ghostly vocals, it’s a multi-pronged anthem that only bar italia could
conjure.