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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Kimbra on The Golden Echo: 'we're making a piece of history here'

The singer is losing her Kiwi accent but not her dreamy ambition, rewriting Greek myth for her new album and recruiting John Legend via Twitter to sing on itThe Golden Echo review a masterclass in sheer pop joyKimbra picks 10 of the best 90s tracksKimbras voice has changed. The New Zealand singers native accent still lurks, but it has flattened and fused into a dialect that pops with a hyperactive Los Angelese-drawl. Its a natural hangover from the 24-year-olds relocation to LA in the wake of her Grammy-winning spot on the 2011 Gotye hit, Somebody That I Used To Know. But both the familiar exoticism and (perhaps subconscious) mimicry make sense in the context of Kimbras wildly ambitious second album. Continue reading...


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