Showing posts with label Kate Nash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate Nash. Show all posts

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Kate Nash keeps getting better

Kate Nash rose to fame in 2007 when her debut album Made of Bricks was released. The album featured quirky lyrics and an indie pop sound that was original and really made Nash stick out. Weird songs like "Birds," "Shit Song" and "Mouthwash" made Nash and indie darling one of that year's breakout stars.
Then in 2010 Nash followed up with her wishy washy My Best Friends is You. The album features her best song ever "Do-Wah-Doo" as well as other highlights like "Paris" and "I Just Love You More." The album had some amazing songs but they were filled in with some truly bad  songs.
Last year Nash released her EP Death Proof. The EP featured two good songs and the rest were just there. The great songs "Fri-End" and the title track are featured on Nash's new album Girl Talk.
Girl Talk is a great album. It follows along the indie pop/rock sound Nash is known for. There are a few songs that are silly but for the most part the songs are all solid.
The album starts out with the six best songs on the album ."Part Heart," "Fri-End," "Death Proof," "Are You There Sweetheart," "Sister," and "OMyGod!" are all classic Nash. Energetic, emotional songs that are catchy and rock hard. Other amazing songs are include "Rap for Rejection" and "Lullaby for an Insomniac," the later starting out slow and then bringing the album to an epic close.
There are some songs that are kind of silly. "Oh" which features Siobhan Malhotra is a long and sometimes boring song and the single "3AM" is lackluster at best. The other songs are all amazing and stand out. Where on My Best Friend is You, there were more filler tracks, Girl Talk is straight up great songs.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Kate Nash releases average new single

Kate Nash has always been known to release quirky singles such as "Birds" and "Do-Wah-D0o" but on her latest offering "3AM" off of her upcoming third album Girl Talk Nash has grown a little boring. Nash released her alternative styled EP Death Proof last year and nothing about it was along the lines of her first two albums. Then Nash released this single last week and while it's catchy and a good song, it's not the greatness that Nash was once known for.
The song is a fast paced indie rocker and while the lyrics are interesting, it doesn't really stick. Nash's past songs were addictive and got stuck in people's heads. The song is a little better than the songs on Death Proof, so hopefully when Girl Talk is released on March 5 there are better songs.