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Biig Piig: 11:11 review – long-awaited debut hovers on the edge of clubland
Switching between English and Spanish vocals, Irish singer-songwriter Jess Smyth’s genre-hopping set feels most at home in the quieter moments
This long-awaited debut album arrives the best part of a decade after the viral Colors session that first introduced Jess Smyth’s name under the umbrella of Biig Piig. Whether venturing into drum’n’bass on 2020’s Switch, funk-pop on Feels Right or the fetish aesthetic of 2021’s slinking Lavender, however, her distinctive, intimate vocals – sung in a mix of English and Spanish (she spent most of her preteen years in Málaga) – have been the red thread. Decimal is an exception – a bilingual banger with a prowling strut; Stay Home is a hazy jam that sounds like a dawn walk back from the afterparty; while Brighter Day ends the album with a soothing trip-hop balm.
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