Taking a different path from her previous band WILD, Portland native Luiz has been writing music for herself as girlhouse – a new exploration of aesthetic and style from what WILD were producing. Employing her bandmate Tyler Thompson as producer, Luiz is more confident than ever now that she’s based in Nashville, and this shows in her music.
Moving to big cities can be tough, and fitting-in in those cities is even harder. Having moved to LA in 2013 after a breakup, Luiz wanted to pursue her acting career. She got a role in a production of Spring Awakening and toured the US with it, but the track released today shows the other side to her stay. “pretty girl in la”, as part of her wider EP, mulls over her experiences: “This EP follows my story of landing in LA and finding out exactly how ignorant I was to the real world; whether that be relationships, men in general, career, sex, friendships, or battling mental illness and dealing with trauma, it all felt new to me.”
