While channeling the guilty pleasure of throwback Brandy, Mariah and Destiny's Child mixed with new sounds reminiscent of Future, LIZ is a born and raised valley girl by way of Tarzana, CA making ageless pop gold. She effortlessly adopts modern R&B's glossiest melodies and subtly infuses the streets to create tasteful post-ratchet lollipop sounds. Out of the gate, her first offering "XTC" on Mad Decent's Jeffree's label, is best put as candy painted melodies over trapped out Y2K bubblegum beats. The B-side "Underdogs", follows right behind as a retro futuristic shout out anthem to the unicorn in side of everyone. less