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Nearly twenty years into her ever-evolving career, London and LA-based, Brit award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and activist Kate Nash has seen it all. She's achieved huge commercial success – 2007's debut Made of Bricks, featuring the hit single Foundations, reached number 1 in the UK and spent seven months in the top 40 – seen the darker side of the industry after being dropped in 2012 following 2010's Bernard Butler-assisted My Best Friend Is You, forged her own path as a successful independent artist via 2013's punk-y Girl Talk and 2018's Yesterday Was Forever, and starred in HBO's hit wrestling drama, GLOW. She's also been the subject of an award-winning documentary, Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl, and also co-created a musical, Only Gold, with Hamilton choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler. Oh, and she also starred in that too. Still only 36, Nash isn't finished shape-shifting just yet; after signing with legendary label Kill Rock Stars, whose alumni include Nash favourites Elliott Smith and Sleater-Kinney, in early 2024, she'll release her fifth album, 9 Sad Symphonies, in June.
Inspired by old Hollywood, vintage musicals and a desperate quest to find beauty in a rotten world, it's another sonic shift following her “rage-y” recent output. “It needed to be cinematic and dreamy,” Nash says of the 10-track album (the title is both a joke and an ode to passing achievable goals when creativity crumbles). As for the sonic shifts, it's just second nature: “I do things based on what I'm feeling at the time, and what I'm inspired by,” she explains.
On 9 Sad Symphonies, Nash has taken another huge step towards cementing her place as one of Britain's most unique and fearless talents. “I've climbed through the sewers of this industry and so my goal is to make good music I believe in, to have longevity, and have good live shows,” she states. “I make a living from my music, which is awesome.” As for other ambitions and expectations, she's been doing this long enough to know not to place your hopes in things you can't control. “I don't feel competitive with the industry anymore. I've been in the game for twenty years, and I'm in my own league now.”
Side A
Millions of Heartbeats
Misery
Wasteman
Abandoned
Horsie
Side B
My Bile
Those Feelings
Space Odyssey 2001
Ray
Vampyre
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