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Hi I'm Ciao Malz and I make indie music kinda alternative music because I love playing. 

I usually start playing guitar and then I hear something funny and try to turn it into something more. Then I add some drums, synth, piano and then try to sing lyrics that make sense for a few minutes. Then, thats the song. I self produce these songs in a studio in the lower east side and in my apartment after work. My favorite artists right now are  the Grateful Dead, Clairo, Frog, Mac Demarco. I learned guitar from watching too many John Mayer videos and the rest I learned on the internet. I'm trying to get good and having a good time doing it!

AROUND

Circumstancey

Your Winner

One Legged Race

Around

A COVER OF FROG'S 'YOU KNOW I'M DOWN' -https://open.spotify.com/track/1yVyCAFIVeqT7ytG271idT?si=775c427d94dc4325

CIAO MALZ debut EP out 12/6 via Audio Antihero - https://linktr.ee/Ciaomalz

You Know I'm Down (FROG cover)

PEARL

Pearl

Taken from the December 6th EP 'Safe Then Sorry' (Audio Antihero):

* Bandcamp: ciaomalz.bandcamp.com/album/safe-then-sorry
* Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6tou2IkJqipsMgi4mfa5uz?si=I7r-PWhgRiCRubeKhBk8Cg
* FFO: MJ Lenderman / Slow Pulp / @ / Indigo De Souza / Girl in Red / Jordana / Clairo
* Influences: Frog / Elliot Smith / Jerry Jeff Walker / Men I Trust
* Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop / Bedroom Pop / Indie Surf
* Confirmed Support: KEXP / BBC / Indie Shuffle / Under the Radar Magazine / The Alternative / Atwood Magazine / God Is In the TV Zine / BIRP! / WFUV (NPR)

Safe Then Sorry

Take Me Out of Here

"Two Feet Tall" is released via Audio Antihero Records on Nov 15th (premiering @ God Is In the TV on Nov 14th - https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2024/11/14/exclusive-ciao-malz-malia-delacruz-two-feet-tall-single-premiere)

* Bandcamp: https://ciaomalz.bandcamp.com/album/safe-then-sorry
* Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mZeGtrcxa3NRwvHY8aTUT?si=wA7O-I2wR2GyCq3gMmueqw
* FFO: MJ Lenderman / Slow Pulp / @ / Indigo De Souza / Girl in Red / Jordana / Clairo
* Influences: Frog / Elliot Smith / Jerry Jeff Walker / Men I Trust
* Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop / Bedroom Pop / Indie Surf
* Confirmed Support: KEXP / BBC / Indie Shuffle / Under the Radar Magazine / The Alternative / Atwood Magazine / God Is In the TV Zine / BIRP! / WFUV (NPR)
* Artist Quote for "Two Feet Tall":

"Two Feet Tall is about the feeling of losing an inch every day you put off making that call you really need to make. It’s the pile of clothes growing bigger and feeling yourself getting smaller. Regardless of the overcompensation, the mountains to hide behind — that unsettling feeling persists. I wanted to evoke the feeling of stagnation while everything else is in motion, so the lead on this track quivers in front of the persistent drums that push the scene along."

* Lyrics:

Drinking all the milk and missing all the three pointers
Think about it still, find new ways to disappoint her
Always one thing, after another aint it
Always reaching, for the back cupboard

I’ve been feeling two, two feet tall
I’ve already heard, heard it all
I’ve been meaning to, call your bluff
But I can never tell, quite tell you stuff

I’m holding my breath and making amends to the summit
All cold in the hands gotta make a new plan to get above it
Am I running to, or am I running from it
Avalanche running in my stomach

I’ve been feeling two, two feet tall
I’ve already heard, heard it all
I’ve been meaning to, call your bluff
But I can never tell, quite tell you stuff

I can never tell, no I can never tell
I can never tell, I can never tell

I’ve been feeling two, two feet tall
I’ve already heard, heard it all
I’ve been meaning to, call your bluff
But I can never tell, quite tell you stuff

Two Feet Tall - Single

Bandcamp

Two Feet Tall

Bad for the Bad Guy

Taken from the December 6th EP 'Safe Then Sorry' (Audio Antihero:

* Bandcamp: ciaomalz.bandcamp.com/album/safe-then-sorry
* Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6tou2IkJqipsMgi4mfa5uz?si=I7r-PWhgRiCRubeKhBk8Cg
* FFO: MJ Lenderman / Slow Pulp / @ / Indigo De Souza / Girl in Red / Jordana / Clairo
* Influences: Frog / Elliot Smith / Jerry Jeff Walker / Men I Trust
* Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop / Bedroom Pop / Indie Surf
* Confirmed Support: KEXP / BBC / Indie Shuffle / Under the Radar Magazine / The Alternative / Atwood Magazine / God Is In the TV Zine / BIRP! / WFUV (NPR)

Gold Rush

"Clementine is probably my favorite Elliott Smith song. The way he picks up on a bartender singing and turns it into something so eerie and beautiful is wild. The harmonies are something I’ve always wanted to nail, and I love experimenting with them when I’m recording. And yeah, sometimes it’s just fun to channel Elliott Smith for a while." - CIAO MALZ

Clementine (Elliott Smith cover)

CIAO MALZ is the musical project of multi-instrumental, player, writer, Malia DelaCruz. 
If you had a soundcloud, CIAO MALZ would listen!

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