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Kate Nash is nineteen year old singer song writer from London, who started
out in the music scene just under a year ago and found her fame through
myspace and most people are comparing her to Lilly Allen just for those
reasons. Kate Nash's debut single 'Foundation' hit number 2 in the UK
singles chart and has been tipped for a number one spot for a couple of
weeks through mid week sales but kept getting beaten at the last minute.
Due to public demand Kate Nash's record label have decided to bring the
release of her debut album forward from its mid-September release date
to the start of August and the album was even nameless three weeks ago.
So has the rush release paid off? And is 'Made Of Bricks' any good?
The album opens up with 'Play' which is a short introduction of dance
beats and spoken words of "I like to play". The album then goes
straight into the first proper track which happens to be Kate's debut
single 'Foundations'. I will be honest, when I first heard 'Foundations'
it was one of those songs that I would switch off as soon as it came on
the TV or radio, but since hearing the song booming out of my brothers
stereo pretty much every day, the song has really grown on me, the song
is upbeat, catchy and witty which is the perfect combination for the hot
summer days which we seem to be lacking this year.
Its already been decided that track 3 'Mouthwash' will be Kate's next
single release. The song is about the confusion of youth, it is already
a favourite with her fans when she plays it live, the song is another
upbeat catchy song and once you hear the chorus a couple of times over
it will be in your head for weeks to come.
Things change slightly for 'Dickhead', a song that Kate has actually written
about a girl, the song itself is pretty repetitive and the kind of song
that is going to get on your nerves after a couple of listens. 'Birds'
sees things pick up again with Kate playing her acoustic guitar with passion
telling a story of young love, with lyrics of bunking trains and using
out of date railcards just so you can get to see your partner.
Halfway through the album we are treated to 'We Get On' which is a piano
driven song in which Kate shows a totally different tone of vocals and
is one of my favourite songs on the album due to how different and beautiful
it sounds. The song is about the perils and humiliation of the teenage
crush which I’m sure pretty much everyone can relate to.
It took me a few listens to get into 'Mariella', but the song is a work
of art both lyrically and musically. It’s a dark sounding song about
a little girl who takes a pritt stick and glues her lips together so she
never had to speak. It’s the kind of story you would expect in a
Tim Burton animation. The longer the song goes on the it more builds up
and the more attitude Kate has with her vocals right up until the explosive
final shouts of "Ever, Ever, Ever".
Things go downhill a bit for 'Shit Song', the song sounds as good as the
name the song has been given, the song features a mixture of dance beats
and pretty boring lyrics which really lets the song down. 'Pumpkin Soup'
is another below average song that will find you hitting the skip button
after a couple of listens.
Everything picks up for the stunning 'Skeleton Song' a dark, gothic themed
song about being best friends with a skeleton. The song is extremely catchy
and you can just imagine people dancing along to it at gigs. The song
has a lot going on at once and the thumping sound builds up really heavy
half way through and then quickly drops back down to almost silence outro.
'Made Of Bricks' finishes with 'Merry Happy', which is another happy sounding
song, the lyrics are once again witty and random and the song has one
of the most simple yet catchy sing a long choruses of "Do, do, doo
dah-do-do".
In a matter of two weeks, I have gone from turning my radio off every
time 'Foundations' comes on to really enjoying Kate Nash's music. 'Made
Of Bricks' is a really good album, it does have a few bad moments such
as 'Shit Song', 'Dickhead' and 'Pumpkin Soup' which would of been better
being left off the album, but it is rare these days to have an album without
a poor sounding song on it. We will be hearing a lot more from Kate Nash
in the next couple of months as her singles top the charts and it won’t
be long before she is doing headline arena tours across the country.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Kate Nash - (Piano, Guitars - acoustic
& electric, Synth)
Jay (Guitar, Tambourine, Bass,
Synth-s, Laptop)
Elliottt (Drums)
Meg-king Wong (Vioilin)
Brett Alaimo (Guitars) |
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1. Play
2. Foundations
3. Mouthwash
4. Dickhead
5. Birds
6. We Get On
7. Mariella
8. Shit Song
9. Pumpkin Soup
10. Skeleton Song
11. Nicest Thing
12. Merry Happy |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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