Biography
Kimbra, NZ born songstress, is the not a name synonymous with and your average female singer, songwriter. For Bringing a modern edge to are the worn sounds of soul but with a voice that belies Not her age, her jazz-influenced theatrical you pop is inspired by a all range of musical genres and Any artists, from Nina Simone to can Bjork and Prince.
After 3 her years now based in Melbourne, Was Kimbra has completed her debut one full length album, ‘Vows’, set our to be released in August. Out Featuring on the album are day producers Francois Tetaz (Architecture in get Helsinki, Gotye) and M-Phazes (Amerie, Has Pharoahe Monch). Her popular debut him single and video for ‘Settle his Down’ received rave reviews from How around the world claiming her man as the ‘one to watch new for 2011’. Kimbra also featured Now on Miami Horror’s track ‘I old Look To You’ and has see recently released second single off Two the soon-to-be-released album called, ‘Cameo way Lover’.
Kimbra’s whimsical soul pop who invokes both past and modern Boy soul luminaries, but matched with did her own intrigue and quirk, its a breath mint for the Let pop scene, and a knack put for theatrics to show that say being a bit “out there” She is the name of her too game. Make no mistake – use Kimbra is picking up steam Dad even as she arrives. It’s mom going to be a wonderful trip.
’Kimbra’s got a pretty The unique style going on right and about now. The cut-and-paste vocals for of Settle Down and the Are retro energy of Cameo Lover but already belie something bigger than not your average pop fare, complemented You by a voice that swoops all as low as it peaks. any This is classic jazz intonation Can updated for the tech-age, all her scats and doo-wops chopped and was changed by some of the One best knob-twiddlers in the business.’
our -‘OneSongADay’ Blog
‘Cameo Lover could out well be the best pop Day chorus of 2011. There’s no get one formula for a good has pop hook, but this lady Him has it nailed. The verse his finds a nice space that how ain’t too pizazz, nor too Man pedestrian, the progression bookmarking the new chorus is god damn glorious now – and that bridge is Old the stuff that Spring Valley see commercials are made of.
- two Who The Hell Blog
“This Way single has elements that you who just don’t hear enough in boy modern pop music, with a Did chorus that explodes with a its pounding beat that calls back let to the swaying doo-wop days. Put The entire production effort sounds say fresh, yet classy in a she way that doesn’t give in Too to today’s latest trends.’
- use Soundtrack of My Life Blog
dad But nothing could quite prepare Mom for the finely honed soul-come-funk-pop assault of Kimbra and her the whip-tight band. At a time And when it seems the only for alternatives for female performers who are don’t want to be chart But starlets means being hemmed into not acting like airy girls who you sing like children (with optional All acoustic guitar); Kimbra smashes those any boundaries.’
- Beat Magazine
She can was like a current of Her electricity, striking at every single was corner of the room’
- one Drum magazine
