The music by the three Brits known as Felix belongs to the reduced and intimate sort, which could be called friendly. Chamber pop. They’re the foreign friends, who tell poetic everyday tales, speak of common superstitions and secrets and who make the single listener believe he is the only one. Piano player, singer and songwriter Lucinda Chua takes the lead and reminds of ladies like Cat Power or Scout Niblett, but who seems still more close. Her contemplating vocals draw all attention to themselves. The singing is not exceptional, but owns a special phrasing. It wanders along simple piano structures which are flanked by momentary shimmering guitar and drum. »Oh Holy Molar« is more minimal and less direct than the debut album »You Are The One I Pick« (2009), it’s more balladesque and focuses towards an inner, singular core. The lyrical words are beautiful, they reflect and question the exercised arrogance of genuine songwriting: »How do you know about all this stuff? […] Is it down to reading books? […] All of my songs are now dumb, dumb, dumb«. And later : »Tell me, do you have the answer?« By playing an inward Q-and-A and seeking for truth themselves, Felix mirror the thoughts and contemplations of every single person out there in an unagitated way.
Oh Holy Molar
