“The best thing out of Hull since the Humber Bridge!”
Josh T. Pearson
Hull’s Matt Edible (The Holy Orders / Kingmaker) has returned with his new single ‘Mirror Shoes’. Written and recorded by Edible at home, it was released on the 13th of September via Inedible Records.
image & artwork courtesy of the band.
Last time out, Edible strayed from Mark Hollis to William Blake to Darren Heyman on his mercurial debut album ‘Stargazing’. ‘Mirror Shoes’, sonically, marks a return to something far less challenging but equally as rewarding.
His guitars land between the big booming riffs of The Black Keys and the fuzzed wonderment of the Flaming Lips on this glam rock gem. Stomping with glitches, his protagonist marauds through society like a John Niven character at peak drug-fuelled narcissism.
Edible has reimagined ‘Dedicated Follower of Fashion’ for a modern age snorting, Madri drinking, brown leather and stonewash jean wearing Liz Truss adorning buffoon. It’s as hilarious as it is depressing, but when his solo lands, the pain subsides. Edible’s playing, alongside the joyous backing vocals, become a moment of alt-pop magic that 2023 so desperately needed!
‘Mirror Shoes’ is taken from the upcoming second album which is a now a drool-worthy prospect.