Some Like It Hot

Description

‘Some Like it Hot’ is the 2025 album by London three-piece bar italia. The release pulses with romance, intrigue, self-discovery and rapture over lustful rockers, spellbinding folk pop, punch-drunk ballads and undefinable moments that sneak up on you like a burst of 5pm sunshine. The record is the culmination of the joint world of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton – three singer-songwriters who have transcended their underground roots to embrace a bold, widescreen horizon. The synergy of this three-way blunt rotation is embedded in the trio’s DNA. Cristante brings a studied actors’ sensibility to vocals ranging from honeyed (the aforementioned ‘Marble Arch’) to hell-bent and possessed (‘rooster’). Fehmi ranges from airy, brooding baritone (‘Lioness’) to mic-chewing megaphone histrionics (‘omni shambles’). Fenton, a wispy tenor, can veer between mystical melodicism and soaring blue-eyed soul within the same 8 bars (‘Plastered’).

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Fundraiser – bar italia
2. Marble Arch – bar italia
3. Bad Reputation – bar italia
4. Cowbella – bar italia
5. I Make My Own Dust – bar italia
6. Plastered – bar italia
7. Rooster – bar italia
8. The Lady Vanishes – bar italia
9. Lioness – bar italia
10. Omni Shambles – bar italia
11. Eyepatch – bar italia
12. Some Like It Hot – bar italia