![]() ![]() And then there's me: Elijah, the normal girl who falls in love and gets heartbroken. Phlo Finister is that mod girl in the Sixties that wants to hang out with Andy and Edie and Dylan at the Chelsea. It can be hard to separate the artist from the real person. ![]() Download the Bundle, and unlock the movement: in song, video, and art. And Phlo Finister has finally found her character. Youthquaker is debuting three new tracks from their upcoming album, Projections, as a BitTorrent Bundle. Soon, it’s gonna be too diverse for anyone to be uncomfortable with themselves. ![]() Your first listen is here.īeing yourself is being a Youthquaker. 'It would be so clich for me to look how I sound,' says Phlo 'Elijah' Finister, the self-dubbed 'Youthquaker'-inspired artist who is fast gaining Phlo Finister Channels Mod London in ‘Wrong. Her boxers are puffed out of the approximately size 38 jeans that pool around her ankles. She's wearing Tims and a tight, cropped Tommy Hilfiger tank. The project from the GRAMMY Award-winning producer (and The Weeknd collaborator) is cinematic, textured, and timeless: 90s trip hop + the sound of the 70s. Phlo Finister's hair is black and stick-straight. The Poster Girl EP is out now on Night Beach Records.Illangelo and Phlo Finister’s Youthquaker sets out to recapture this spirit. For their remix – premiered here – production duo D-E-W-L, soften it up slightly, replacing the splintered beats with layered synths and fractured, almost ghostly backing vocals. Born Elijah Finister, Phlo Finister is a former fashion editor for Persona Magazine, model and stylist to a few of her friends including Kayne, Kelis and Legendary Damon. EP highlight Killer On The Road is built around a glowering beat, which crawls along with Finister's airy vocal. Without further ado, take a peek into this newly approved Vixen’s world. Produced by Benny Cassette and Andrew Dawson, it's full of big crunchy beats, double-time drum claps and lyrics that aim to recontextualise the tropes of R&B. Speaking with Phlo Finister was an enjoyably wild ride into the realm of socialite living and London dreams. Watch the video for Coca Cola Classic by Phlo Finister for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Phlo: I love the gloom, I’m really not liking the sun a lot. The stunning and futuristic scenary matched with Phlo's lovely. While the mixtape garnered some blog buzz, the real proof of her avant garde R&B proclamations comes in the shape of new EP, Poster Girl. Coca Cola Classic Phlo Finister Last.fm Watch the video for Coca Cola Classic by Phlo Finister for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Frequent Weeknd producer Illangelo debuts his new single 'Clockwork' featuring Phlo Finister today along with its accompanying video. Released in late 2011, her free Crown Gold mixtape aimed to deliver "classic R&B, but.more avant garde", and included mash-ups of songs from the likes of the Doors, Dr Dre, Nancy Sinatra and Mobb Deep. From this obsession, and the early performances she'd started doing around LA, was born the new moniker, Phlo Finister. This move into the world of fashion lead to her obsession with the 1960s Youthquake movement, an idea that the fashion and music worlds of that time were dominated by teenagers. Unfortunately her parents' desire to nurture a trouble-free child didn't really work out as she quit school shortly after the family moved to LA, before getting a job in the murky world of the music industry as a stylist for Def Jam Records in her late teens. Especially when you have no label backing and just a small street team. Born in California to strict parents, the young Elijah Finister was banned from listening to any R&B or hip-hop. Phlo Finister knows transforming R&B is a rather lofty ambition to try to accomplish. ![]()
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