Bloody hell, listen up – bar italia have just dropped a vinyl that’ll make your ears dance and your soul quiver. “Some Like It Hot” isn’t just an album; it is a sonic rebellion wrapped in cellophane and vinyl grooves.

Imagine three musical rogues – Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton – creating a soundscape that is part Hollywood glamour, part underground punk fever dream. This isn’t background music; that’s a full-frontal assault on your musical expectations.

Each track feels like a character in a wild narrative. “Marble Arch” slides in with Cristante’s honeyed vocals, then “rooster” erupts like a possessed manifesto. It’s musical schizophrenia at its most delicious – one moment intimate, the next a raucous rebellion.

The trio’s chemistry is undeniable. Fehmi’s baritone can transform from brooding to manic faster than you can drop the needle. Fenton’s tenor weaves mystical threads through tracks like “Plastered”, creating moments that feel both familiar and utterly alien.

They’ve toured relentlessly – 160 shows worldwide – transforming from underground whispers to a five-piece behemoth comfortable in festival mosh pits and pin-drop intimate venues. This isn’t just music; it is a lived experience.

Standout tracks like “bad reputation” and “Lioness” showcase their ability to twist quirks into massive choruses. They’re playing with identity, emotion, and performance until everything blurs into a beautiful chaos.

Product Specs That Matter:

• Label: Matador
• Release Date: 2025
• Dimensions: 12.32 x 12.32 inches
• Weight: 8 ounces of pure sonic magic

Grab this vinyl. Spin it. Let bar italia rewrite your musical DNA. Nobody’s perfect – but this album? It comes damn close.

In the dimly lit corner of my favorite record store, I spotted “Some Like It Hot” by bar italia, and instantly knew this wasn’t just another indie release – it’s the sound of a band finding their true voice amid the chaos of our times.

This London three-piece has crafted something that feels both nostalgic and startlingly new – like stumbling upon a forgotten masterpiece in real time. The album pulses with the same delicious tension as its namesake, the 1959 Marilyn Monroe classic: there’s humor, danger, disguise, and revelation all wrapped in a package that feels both timeless and utterly contemporary.

If you’ve ever found yourself at 3 AM, caught between heartbreak and hope, this record speaks your language. Nina Cristante’s vocals can transform from honey-sweet vulnerability on “Marble Arch” to possessed intensity on “rooster” with a theatrical range that would make Monroe herself nod in approval. Jezmi Tarik Fehmi swings from brooding baritone to megaphone-wielding provocateur, while Sam Fenton’s tenor brings moments of soul-stirring clarity that cut through the noise.

What strikes me most about bar italia is how they’ve managed to transform their underground sensibilities into something expansive without losing their edge. I caught them at a tiny club in Brooklyn last year where they turned a Tuesday night into a religious experience – the kind where the audience moves as one organism, where whispered verses give way to cathartic choruses.

There’s a fascinating story behind “Plastered,” arguably the album’s centerpiece. The band reportedly recorded it in a single take at 4 AM after a 48-hour creative bender in a converted church studio outside London. You can hear the delirium and clarity that comes from pushing past exhaustion into some higher plane – Fenton’s vocals ascending from mysterious murmurs to soul-baring heights within the same breath.

This is music for people who believe rock still has secrets to reveal, who understand that the most interesting art happens in the tension between accessibility and challenge. The trio has distilled their experiences from 160+ worldwide shows into something that feels both intimate and stadium-ready.

Like the film that shares its name, “Some Like It Hot” is about disguise and revelation, about finding yourself by pretending to be someone else. These songs twist quirks into anthems, playing with identity until the borders between performance and confession dissolve completely.

If you’re drawn to artists who approach their craft with both deadly seriousness and playful abandon – think Velvet Underground, early Radiohead, or The Cure at their most contradictory – bar italia has created something essential for your collection.

The final track, “Some Like It Hot,” serves not as a conclusion but as a doorway to somewhere else entirely – a seven-minute journey that feels like watching the sun rise after a night that changed you. Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s famous last line reminds us, but in embracing their imperfections, bar italia has created something that comes pretty damn close.