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St. Vincent
Blue Roses
ICA, 8 July 2009
Recently just about every new British female singer-songwriter that comes along sounds like they grew up listening to Kate Bush. It's a weird phenomenon considering that most of these young women are in their early 20s and Ms Bush hasn't exactly had the largest output over the last 20 years. But maybe these things need time to gestate and it's certainly a worthy testament to Kate's unique talent that her influence is finally so easy to see and that the acts she has inspired all happen to be excellent - think Bat For Lashes, Florence + The Machine, Marina & The Diamonds. The latest you can add to that list is Laura Groves aka Blue Roses, a cute-as-a-button Shipley singer whose self-titled debut is full of haunting acoustic laments that equally recall the stark beauty of Joni Mitchell's early albums, the more ethereal side of Stevie Nicks and, of course, the eerie yearnings of Kate Bush.
ICA, 8 July 2009
Recently just about every new British female singer-songwriter that comes along sounds like they grew up listening to Kate Bush. It's a weird phenomenon considering that most of these young women are in their early 20s and Ms Bush hasn't exactly had the largest output over the last 20 years. But maybe these things need time to gestate and it's certainly a worthy testament to Kate's unique talent that her influence is finally so easy to see and that the acts she has inspired all happen to be excellent - think Bat For Lashes, Florence + The Machine, Marina & The Diamonds. The latest you can add to that list is Laura Groves aka Blue Roses, a cute-as-a-button Shipley singer whose self-titled debut is full of haunting acoustic laments that equally recall the stark beauty of Joni Mitchell's early albums, the more ethereal side of Stevie Nicks and, of course, the eerie yearnings of Kate Bush.
