Kate Nash: “DO WAH DOO”
Released: Out Now
Label: Polydor (UK)
Kate Nash seems to occupy the centre for female singer song writers in our current popular music sphere with Florence and Adele at the more compellingly virtuosic top end and Lily Allen appreciated by those who have the time and/or the tolerance. Amy Winehouse is too frustrating a topic and thus not worth getting into.
I for one am annoyed at the number of luminous felt tip pens purchased in order to draw ever thinner lines between Kate Nash and Lily Allen. To the untrained ear it might be hard to establish a difference. Fortunately there is one - Kate Nash is better. Her voice is a little sweeter. Plus, “Foundations” was fantastic and her debut 07 single “Caroline’s a Victim” made her immediately interesting.
“DO WAH DO” springs up like the careless voice of summer fun. Where her other tracks may deal with harsher social and realities, this is a kick back number. It’s short at two and one half minutes, sharp, and carries a filmic late sixties rock swing groove. I’m not sure whether the instrumental is necessary unless you desperately want to hear your own shower vocals against a backing of session musicians. It may end up on a film, definitely an advert. The track itself forms part of Nash’s 2010 album “My Best Friend Is You” set for release, well, now really, today. I like it, the single that is.
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