There is a moment when you stop and think...shit! What have I been doing with my life!? Well there is this 16 year old British musician that makes me think exactly that. Yes, 16. Every time I hear his music. I'm talking, of course, of Zoo Kid. Boasting deeply toned vocals with a charming cockney accent, Zoo Kid crafts magnificent songs laden with a range of emotional teen angst. In Out Getting Ribs, he conveys this angst through his rustic tone and lyrics "hate..runs through my blood..I was broken down..so much I knew I was lost and down" which expemplifies rising teenage angst; themes of love and loss belying his age; which are complemented with delicate guitar plucking, building in key moments of the song. There is a low-fi feel to his recordings, which were recorded by him and two friends in his bedroom, with the muted cough, and inaudible words spoken off mike. Yet the song has an intricate quality, and in its raw state, the song comes off as quite intimate. Zoo Kid's, other releases are amazing, 7 of which are featured on his bandcamp site http://zookid.bandcamp.com/. It will be interesting to see how his current material and future material mould into a debut EP or LP. Enjoy track Out Getting Ribs below: