We already feel like we know girls like Pixie Geldof; they’ve been in the media since before they were born. We’ve been told who the tabloids think they are, in Geldof’s case a bratty, teenage, party girl. But, true or not, what teenage girl doesn’t experience an essence of those qualities? What you might not know about Geldof is that she can sing.

I’m Yours, her debut solo album, draws influence from Lana Del Rey and Mazzy Star with its deep, melodic vocals focussing on the intense and sorrowful sides of love. The record itself is a dark romantic collection. “I’m Yours represents every single human I’ve ever loved in my life,” says Pixie, and the love, of all kinds, is emotional. Even must-listen-to, positive song ‘Woman Go Wild’, sounds melancholic in the way the lyrics devote themselves to the subject. Many tracks sound familiar; perhaps this is the country inspired beat of first song ‘Sweet Thing’. Or maybe, like that Lana Del Rey, there’s an elude to the past, the 60s, the sadness of heartbreak with which we’re all too familiar.

It’s hard not to skip straight to ‘Twin Thing’, a song Pixie penned for her late sister Peaches, who died of a heroin overdose in 2014. Starting with ghostly sounds over subdued guitar, the lyrics are moving even whe stripped of their bitter context; “wish I had known you like my own skin, so I could feel the hurt you were in”.

I’m Yours is an album to play when you want to cry, when you want to feel broken relationships. Just as Geldof related to us as party-girl-teens finding ourselves, she relates now, from her 20s, to the relationships we’ve all gathered, loved and lost.

Lynsey Rose Kay

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