WPGM Recommends: Lola Moxom – OXO (EP Review)

Some people haunt themselves, holding tight to what has already let them go. That’s not Lola Moxom and that’s definitely not her new EP OXO. This is a set that keeps it moving, balancing between what was and what won’t be again.

It’s R&B with its edges sharpened—drums snapping clean, bassline low enough to pull the walls in close, and melodies threading through the thick air with ease. She doesn’t force the feeling. She lets it all walk toward her, steady and certain.

The first hit lands with “Too Late”, a slow burn pressed against warm keys and a bassline that barely lifts its head as it stalks. She sings about an ex who moved on a little too fast, his apology arriving as an afterthought.

But it’s not sorrow that we hear—it’s clarity. The moment when emotions settle, and the past looks so much smaller in the rearview. The delivery is resigned, folded into the groove with a “I’ve moved on, boo…you probably should too” energy.

Then there’s “GOOD4U” sultry and slinking – all bite, no hesitation. The harp-like synths and tight hi-hats pull the song forward as Lola leans into the mess of desire, power, and control. It’s sexy, self-aware, and unbothered—100% pure main-character energy.

That said, “Turn Down the Lights” is where she fully settles into a soul-dipped pocket. Slow, smoky, and bluesy, this is the song. The bass pulses deep, the electric guitar wails in the background, and Moxom’s voice is all honey and hurt. There’s weight in each and every breath. It’s a plea, but not a desperate one—more like the last attempt to bridge the distance before letting go.

She strips it down even further with “7:21”, a slow and almost rustic bit of brilliance built on space and restraint. The guitars are moody and her rhythm section channels a solid dose of southern soul. And while it the kind of track that plays at 2 a.m. when the room is too quiet, and the past feels loud – it still doesn’t feel like in-a-blue-funk heartbreak.

We find Lola stepping much lighter on “Cool With It”, a throwback to the R&B radio hits of the early 2000s—snappy drums, bright keys, a little shoulder-roll bounce, and a touch of Destiny’s Child-styled bravado. By the time “Superpower” arrives, the album feels like it’s exhaling.

A piano-driven ballad that strips everything back to the essentials; a grand piano, Moxom’s sweet soprano voice, and nothing else. It’s a slow-rising appeal to move from friendship to something deeper that really taps into the tension of those types of moments. It’s raw, vulnerable, and a near-perfect turning point for starting the EP back at one.

Every inch of OXO feels stitched together by Lola Moxom’s voice—soft when it needs to be, cutting when it has to be. She flips through heartbreak, heat, and a little playful side-eye, building it all on a depth that simmers under the surface. If this is the direction she’s heading, then wherever she takes her sound next is going to be impossible to ignore.

Listen to Lola Moxom’s OXO EP below.

Words by Marvin Twiggs

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