Kat Flint – Dirty Birds
Posted on | March 15, 2008 | No Comments
Kat Flint – Anticlimax
Kat Flint – Fearsome Crowd
She unrolls with tight discordance on the left channel for a full a half minute before the guitars are killed. Her voice has arrived. “Shall we kiss on the lips or shall I say that I’m sorry? That on any other day of the week I would have asked you back.” Such a simple opening and so assertive. Within forty-five seconds, Kat announces she is not tied to her guitar, not tied to boys, and not particularly concerned about either.
Scottish, she lives in London now. Kat’s not just one of those London Ladies, though. She’s not following Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Lady Sovereign, Beth Orton, Dido, etc. Goodness knows that a lot of Londoners. Nope, MFR says “The best thing about Flint is that she doesn’t fall into the trappings of lonesome female performer.” I’m not going to go that far – I think her songs are better than her musical taxonomy. The Run Out Groove compares her to Judee Sill and that’s not right either – Ms. Flint is no Laurel Canyon introvert.
As she says:
I could appease the fearsome crowd
But then I didn’t need to
I was a child and I had better things to do
And there, in short, is the what makes Ms. Flint special, she doesn’t need the attention, approval, and recognition of nameless strangers. Still, she does appreciate the support. Her first album was partially financed by fans. Can’t wait until I can get a copy stateside; can’t wait to see her on tour.
I found her, as I often do, at Aurgasm.
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