Smerz - Big city life (2025)


Smerz’s Big City Life is a masterclass in fragmented urban storytelling—its slinky art-pop and alternative R&B textures whisper of fleeting nights and fractured conversations. The album feels like voice notes from city nights: beats arrive late and leave early, melodies flicker in and out, and vocal delivery is intimate, droll, and emotionally precise. It balances club-adjacent energy with introspective downtime—deadpan piano-driven tracks like “Roll the dice” contrast with torchy trip-hop moments in “You got time and I got money.” Invoking the thrill and hush of urban youth, the record effortlessly blends avant-garde minimalism with rich emotional undertones. It’s Smerz at their most nuanced, forging a sound that is both cool and confessional, breezy yet profoundly resonant.





Genre: Art Pop
Country: Norway

Final Verdict: 64% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 201th / 439

Highlight: You got time and I got money



Made me think of:
Tirzah
Erika de Casier
Arlo Parks


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