Spotlight: Izzy Camina Explores The Theme of Apathy Through a Diverse Soundscape

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Written By The Luna Collective
 

☆ BY HENRY AGER ☆

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CREATED OVER A 3-YEAR SONG PERIOD WITH NO SPECIFIC VISION IN SIGHT - Izzy Camina’s first EP, Nihilist in the Club, is an amalgamation of genre-hopping songs. Yet, the EP flows like a custom project, with each song individually crafted to fit the next. The common thread tying all the songs together is apathy and waking up to reality for personal liberation and freedom. With observational commentary and internal dialogue from a person who is cynical, sad and numb, the songs don’t take themselves too seriously. Camina shares, “They are not super deep, just a stream of consciousness…” Camina’s writing style lends itself to creating observational and “in the moment” lyrics, she explaines. “My music-making process is very quick, a lot of the lyrics are freestyle. I don’t spend a lot of time writing lyrics, they just come to me.” This often makes her lyrics sound profound with statements such as “...and one day we’re all gonna die, so head up baby, please don’t cry,” and “...my brain is wasted but my smile is pristine.” There is also a punky aspect to her delivery and lyrics, with the way she reels them off with authority and indifference. This could be influenced by her parents, who exposed her to punk at a young age. 

While Nihilist in the Club has been a successful first EP, Camina feels it is not as good as it could have been. “I actually feel insecure about that EP,” she shares, “I feel like it is a mess.” The blend of genres is the culprit for her insecurities, withsongs like “Kill Your Local Indie Softboy” being a low-fi indie blend and “UP N DOWN” being more techno influenced. However, this mix and journey of genres throughout the EP, in my opinion, is what gives it its charm and keeps you listening intently to each song. The observational lyrics and Camina’s production style anchors it together and shows an experimental aspect that many first EP’s have. “Kill Your Local Indie Softboy” has propelled the success of the EP with its relatability, Camina explains. “It’s got a sense of virality to it; teenage girls, or teenage boys, or teenage whatever, can send it to each other and say, ‘doesn’t this remind you of so and so’ or ‘oh my gosh same’, so on and so forth. That’s fun, that makes me smile.”

All the music Camina releases is written, recorded and produced by her independently, unless otherwise stated with collaborators. She learned these skills herself by watching YouTube videos. She shares, “If there is something I want to do I will try to find the words and then look it up on google and learn how to do it.” This DIY attitude gives all her work an authentic “Izzy Camina style,” giving continuity to her projects. She is passionate about self-producing and being involved in all aspects of her work, Camina shares, “Standards are a lot higher for young creatives, and I think that they should be. People should be writing their own music and doing their visuals and doing all this shit. The age of the puppet pop star, where everybody is behind the scenes controlling everything, and they are just looking pretty or singing the songs, that’s bullshit, and I am glad that it is over. To me, it’s just theatre.” Her drive to be involved in the creative process of her music has also involved visuals. Camina uses the expertise and equipment of her mum, who is a film production teacher, to create her artwork. She enjoys the creative process, especially on a tight budget, because it allows her to be craftier with her creations, in turn making them truer to her. 

She is currently working on a new EP with a release date yet to be announced. Camina prefers the new music she is working on, and is writing it in a style that is more her. The production is more left of field, because she isn’t looking to attract big labels, she jokes. “I’m even more nihilist in the club than before.” 

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