4 Nia Archives - "Boys In Blue"
I only needed one listen of "Boys In Blue" to know it would lodge itself in my brain like sugary taffy stuck stubbornly in your back molars. Nia Archives taps into the sweetest kind of revenge (the kind that comes for a cop-calling ex) and flips it into a punky, sing-songy “fuck you” that doubles as a nice ACAB banger. “Brought coppers to my gaff / Did u think that you’d have the last laugh,” she coos, her voice featherlight against a barrage of breakbeats that feel ripped straight from a sweat-slick rave. It’s sugar over steel. It’s playful, hypnotic, and just volatile enough to keep you on edge. The kind of track that doesn’t just make you want to run, but makes you feel like you already are. Nia Archives leaves our heart thumping, our scratched-up shoes slapping pavement, and leaving all the backstabbing shitheads far behind. —Margaret