Most of Bitch Falcon’s tunes are built on a solid foundation of rumbling rhythms from bassist Barry O’Sullivan and drummer Nigel Kenny, leaving plenty of space for the authoritative presence of frontwoman and founder Lizzie Fitzpatrick. I’m Ready Now finds her grungy guitar fuzz augmented with post-punk textures, while on Turned To Gold she sets the controls for a deep headspace of shimmering shoegaze.
What really sets this bunch apart, however, is Lizzy’s voice, emerging from the heart of their cavernous sound in a way that’s both alluringly ethereal and primally potent. On Sold Youth or single Gaslight, her vocals carry trace elements of various foremothers: punk priestess Siouxsie Sioux, Elizabeth Fraser of Scottish dream-pop innovators Cocteau Twins, maybe even countrywoman Sinead O’Connor at her rawest.