{"id":7782,"date":"2016-05-25T09:10:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=7782"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:38:08","slug":"finished-declan-mckenna-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/finished-declan-mckenna-liar\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan McKenna \u2013 \u00ab Menteur \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a seventeen year old with barely a year of career experience, Declan McKenna is releasing music that is often more mature than his adult contemporaries. After winning Glastonbury\u2019s 2015 Emerging Artist Festival and immediately setting off a record label bidding war, McKenna dropped his debut EP <\/span>Liar<\/span><\/i> on Friday. The release features his two previously self-released singles “Paracetamol”<\/em> and the chart climbing “Brazil”.<\/em>\u00a0It also feature two new songs, \u201cBethlehem\u201d<\/em> et \u201cHowl\u201d<\/em>. Sur <\/span>Liar, <\/span><\/i>McKenna shows a maturity, both musically and lyrically, that is reminiscent of fellow prodigies such as Lorde and Conor Oberst<\/a>. McKenna has the ability to write songs that stick after one listen, while also proving himself to be an intelligent lyricist. <\/span><\/p>\n

Musically, simplicity is key on <\/span>Liar<\/span><\/i>. McKenna records and programs almost all of the instruments heard on the EP, and the final product is a subdued, ambient mood. <\/span>Liar<\/span><\/i> is filled with soft, swaying guitars and modest keyboard drones. While McKenna is still building his own personal sound- he does tend to wear his influences on his sleeve- all the tracks on <\/span>Liar<\/span><\/i> are so simply built that it\u2019s hard not to have each song memorized after a few listens. Especially as a budding multi-instrumentalist, this seemingly genius song formula shows incredible potential for whatever McKenna releases next. The instrumentation on <\/span>Liar<\/span><\/i> is also subtle enough to allow for McKenna\u2019s lyrics, arguably his greatest strength, to shine through. <\/span><\/p>\n

McKenna tackles topics on <\/span>Liar <\/span><\/i>that many pop\/rock artists are too nervous to approach. \u201cBrazil\u201d<\/em>, McKenna\u2019s breakout single that currently sits at #16 on Billboard\u2019s Alternative Songs chart, is a scathing commentary on the controversy surrounding <\/span>FIFA and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil<\/span><\/a>. Coincidentally, the song gained popularity just as the FBI began <\/span>indicting FIFA associates<\/span><\/a> for corruption.\u00a0McKenna was invited to <\/span>interview with Sky News<\/span><\/a> to discuss the corruption and greed within the organization, as if the then-sixteen year old boy with one song to his name had a greater understanding of the issue than seasoned political commentators.<\/span><\/p>\n