SOKO [FRANCE]

SOKO
mp3: SOKO my enemy (p3 radio session)
once upon a time there was a little soko girl and a little soko boy and together they were the sokos. the story goes that the little soko boy left the little soko girl, and the sokos became just soko. if he was indeed the one that broke her heart, then he’d better be watching his new girl’s back, as sokogirl is lurking with a sharpened dagger.
young parisian singer soko has been making a cold-hearted name for herself with the release of her debut e.p. ‘not sokute’, and in particular the lead track. a soft, folk lullaby, sung in english with a smoky french accent, the melody of ‘i’ll kill her’ belies the lyrical intent – that when soko finds the ‘bitch from hell’ that stole her boy’s heart and, by default, her own future, there’ll be murder. literally. it’s never made clear whether soko is the spurned lover, or – more interestingly – simply the faceless stalker creating fantasies in her own mind. personally, i’m gunning for the latter.
as amy winehouse dragged motown soul into the 21st century by adding a dash of street-savvy and a slew of obscenities, so too does soko bring the often too-cute world of folk music down to the gutter. the e.p. is available from itunes, and she’s currently making three tracks from a recent radio recording available to download from her murdochspace. of those, ‘my enemy’ (above) follows a similar path to ‘i’ll kill her’, and at a stretch might even be seen a something of a sequel. check the video of ‘i’ll kill her’ at youtube, and take the alternative social network route by hitting her up on virb.

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