Even voorstellen – Ciao Malz announces ‘safe the sorry’ EP’

Brooklyn-based Filipino-American Indie artist CIAO MALZ (Malia DelaCruz) has announced her debut EP, ‘Safe Then Sorry,’ will be released via the non-binary-owned Audio Antihero label (Frog / Magana / Nosferatu D2 / Cloud), and sees her collaborate with guitarist James Chrisman (Sister.) and drummer Felix Walworth (Told Slant / Florist).

Originally from Connecticut, DelaCruz relocated to New York to attend St. John’s University in Queens, and she soon rented a studio space in the Lower East Side. Here she began experimenting with her sound, while also collaborating and performing with Brooklyn’s acclaimed Sister. trio, but it wasn’t until 2021 that she felt ready to begin self-releasing her own recordings under the CIAO MALZ name (pronounced "Chow Mallz").

Her music first reached the Audio Antihero label when she issued a cover of Frog’s “You Know I’m Down” sleeper hit in 2023. Impressed with demo material like “Your Winner,” “Always Be My Maybe,” and “Circumstancey,” the label offered to work with her on this debut.

On her most eclectic, complete, and unrestrained work to date, CIAO MALZ takes inspiration from Jordana, Elliott Smith, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Men I Trust to combine an honest introspection, that’s informed by her experience as a young woman of colour, with a layered sonic bounce.

Our first preview of ‘Safe Then Sorry’ is the new “Two Feet Tall” single which is out now and available as a free/pay-what-you-want download via Bandcamp
https://ciaomalz.bandcamp.com/track/two-feet-tall

Single
Two Feet Tall - song by CIAO MALZ | Spotify

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