g-nashing of teeth

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

So where are people with Kate Nash? I have Foundations stuck in my head -- I suspect this will be like the Magic Numbers singles from a couple of years back, in that I'm enjoying the song but after two weeks I will actively hate it and want it to go away. But anyway, what strikes me most about it is how determinedly lo-fi it is -- basically it's a Helen Love song with incredibly mannered vocals over the top. First anti-folk no. 1 in UK history? C likes it a lot -- she says it actually speaks to her experience of relationships in a way which Lily Allen's stuff doesn't. And funnily, I found the video quite affecting when I looked it up on youtube (def. surprised by unexpected emotion) -- not frumpy-cute Kate and her human bf, but the animated toothbrushes and watches spooning.

Comments

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

As others have said, it's the vocal style that's the problem for me. Put-on accents in songs are a big bugbear of mine (English bands with generic American accents - ARGH), and she just sounds like a well-spoken middle class kid trying to sound 'common' because it sounds cooler on her song. What's wrong with your own voice, love?

She's not quite as funny as Jamie T though, he's the worst culprit for it.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

just listened for the first time on youtube - i am so out of touch with ver kids :-(

is ok. it's odd to think of this as #1 material.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i didn't mean that as a reply to your post whalefish.

fwiw, i am entirely pro put on voices. this is poss cos my accent runs all over the place depending on who i am talking to, and when i'm singing i can feel that it is putting on voice anyway.