Previous singles 'Christopher, You're a Soldier Now' & Go Faster Stripes, plus exclusive B-Sides 'Shadow Boxing' and 'Mary' single still available on itunes and 7Digitall! Click on the CD covers...
Kat Flint
Guitars (several), vocals (lots), glockenspiels, kazoos, melodicas, penny whistles, cardboard boxes, tambourines in pillow cases, old suitcases, the occasional synth cameo, random percussion, FisherPrice Happy Apple, sellotape, scissors...
Also appearing on the album:
- Nicholas Hirst c/o The Conway Story (piano, vocals, boxes; robots);
- Stephen Ellis c/o Revere (vocals, chime bars);
- Kath McKie c/o Revere (cello, collapsing buildings);
- Ellie Wilson c/o Revere (violin);
- Nathaniel Mumford c/o Revere (trumpet);
- Matthew Simms c/o It Hugs Back (electric guitar, drums);
- Paul Michael c/o It Hugs Back (electric bass);
- Francis Booth (electric bass);
- Gwilym Johnston (double bass);
- Andy Raeburn (drums, vocals);
- Jess Bryant (vocals);
- David Peters (electric bass, vocals, production wizardry).
When not five hundred miles away, I play with gingergreen.
gingergreen are:
Dr Andrew Thompson (songs, guitar, vocals, piano, violin, guiro, glockenspiel, schlunck box...) Miss Kathryn Flint (songs, guitar, vocals, glockenspiel, melodica, guiro, kazoo) Mr Robin Mogendorff Esq. (bass, harmonies, tea, sarcastic comments, scrabble).
Influences
Ah.... (*deep breath*). At the moment?
The inescaple influences:
Bright Eyes; Ben Kweller; dEUS; Beck; Magnetic Fields; Elliott Smith; Sufjan Stephens; Astrid Williamson; The Czars; Badly Drawn Boy; Eels; Regina Spektor; Kings of Leon; Pavement; Ben Folds Five; Whiskeytown; Radiohead; Nick Drake; Josh Rouse; Heidi Berry; mcraft; Tom McRae; Belle and Sebastian; Aimee Mann; Modest Mouse; gingergreen (I miss you guys); the Edinburgh Sound Collective and many, many great local musicians in London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, plus many more floating around on this crazy site that would take a whole other page to type.
And by the more indirect power of musical ozmosis...
Beta Band; Blur; Pixies; Penguin Cafe Orchestra; Buddy Holly; Sigur Ros; The Kinks; Chet Baker; Ben's Symphonic Orchestra; Joni Mitchell; Idlewild; Sage Fancis; Teenage Fanclub; Hayseed Dixie; White Stripes; Aqualung; Kaiser Chiefs; French Kicks; John Martyn; Violent Femmes; Love; Grandaddy; Chilly Gonzales...
And, of course, all the cool stuff to be found in non-musical life:
Wes Anderson films; eating too much; Chuck Palahnuik; coffee; Neil Gaiman; empty night-time streets; Jeff VanderMeer; days when it's chucking it down and I'm jacketless; Chris Ware; blue historical plaques; Bill Bailey; good graphic design and illustration; Dave McKean; new paints; Todd Solondz; tea emporiums; China Mieville; bad dancers; Derren Brown; good films; fairy tales; crap films when I'm hungover; Sebastian Faulk; urban legends; David Shrigley; thai food; Neitzsche; bumping into long-lost friends; the Restoration; talking shit in the pub; magic tricks; cups of tea not made with London water; Baz Luhrman; conversations with strangers; Einstein and the philosphy of time; fleeting glances on the Tube; parapsychology (I studied it, dontchaknow...); getting lost; Paul Gaugin; biscotti; Banksy; home-made flyers; Anthony Gormley; passionate people; Mr Shakespeare; the end of the night glow; MC Escher; the early morning stretch; Eddie Izzard; folk who make me laugh; you; bicycles; Rene Descartes; wandering aimlessly but happily; Jeff Noon; love; Caravaggio; crazy history.
Sounds Like
Too little sleep and too much caffeine.
What some other folk said:
"a great singer-songwriter" - Steve Lamacq (Radio 2 Featured Artist)
"One of the prettiest songs you'll hear this year." - Chris Hawkins (BBC 6music)
"One to Watch for 2008" - The Metro
“...organic dance... country strut... a gem of a tune.” - Daily Record
“One of my favourite singles at the moment.” - Jim Gellatly (Xfm)
“Taking all the best parts of Regina Spektor, Joni Mitchell and Nerina Pallot and twisting them into something very special indeed, Kat Flint is a Scottish singer/songwriter with a mesmerising presence....intoxicating.” - UK Music Search
“While other singer/songwriters follow well-worn paths to mundane places, Flint is open to the world, spinning musical wonder like a modern saint. To listen is to fall in love.” - Music
OMH
“...channels the purity of a Judee Sill with a bit of lo-fi Sparklehorse ...made my tired brain happy.” - Jamie’s Runout Groove
“This is not your run-of-the-mill singer-songwriter.” - Von Pip Musical Express
“...effortlessly laps much of the folk-pop female singer-songwriter brigade, a warm-voiced, intelligently thought out lament like KT Tunstall, had she been more in tune with the Fence Collective. And better.” - Sweeping the Nation
“...one of the rising stars of folk. From out of the left field and with an understated quirkiness, "Go Faster Stripes" enhances her reputation as a performer and interpreter of song.” - Fatea
"instantly captured my heart... Kat brings emotion and a distinctive quality to every song she crafts.” - Aurgasm
"Nothing is off-limits for this accomplished lyricist"." - SubCity Radio
“...equal amounts of charm and indie-folk... bathing in multi-tracked hums and tender guitar arpeggios. I’d urge you to investigate this promising singer.” - Manchester Music
“One of my favourite new finds ...stand-out in her understated beauty.” - Minneapolis Fucking Rocks
“Kat Flint was put on this earth to soundtrack bracing winter walks amongst wild hares and through fallen leaves... sounds like the godmother of heartache.” - Fugitive Motel
“Her voice switches effortlessly from ethereal to sultry... harmonies to make you sigh, infuriating yet beguiling rhythms and some cracking good tunes.” - MyVillage
“...witty and clever lyrics with intricate but catchy melodies and serene harmonies, creating a beautiful web of sounds and images that tangles you up completely and you find pieces of it in your
head for days after.” - FunFunFun
"...packs in pathos and dry humour in equal measure. Deceptively sad, and incredibly good." - MusicOMH
“It can now only be a matter of time before that saloon piano is given a boogie-woogie flourish on Later with Jools Holland.” - Disposable Media
“...excellent, swirling, slightly dark folk/pop.” - Deadly Tango
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Join us this November @ THE HOBBY HORSE, for the launch of our new weekly FREE Fridays. LAUNCHING 6TH!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Click on the flyer above for more details on our November listings. Joining us this month are: Artefacts for Space Travel, Islington boys' club, Electricity in Our Homes, The Duloks, Man Flu and Ice, Sea, Dead People to name but a few... Cheers! Ed & Dan HTTP://WWW.CLUBTHEMAMMOTH.COM
its states just coming threw to see the page,everythings looking good an official,im still in europe working on a new tour an with my new label,hope all is well with your family stay up an stay safe wish you good health,an happiness,dont forget to return the love.
hi nice page, check out M.I.L.A.D - Love Flow (Official HD music video) 130,000 views in 2 weeks + Behind the scene feat JAY SEAN on profile..also brand new myspace page and pics.
It's great to see all you 've done since the balloon promotional phase and you deserve success, that's sure !
Have you seen our last blog posted on the 13 th of october ? (don't worry , you shouldn't be the only one ...:)
If not, it said essentially that we've got 3 new songs on our page, so if you want to have a small listening session , don't hesitate , it would be great if you could !
It's ma fuckin birthday I can spam if I want to. Big Ned (Lynch fuelled Doom'n'Roll, all the way from the Black Lodge, via Optimo Records) and The Tremolo Beer Gut (all the way from Copenhagen) are kicking and punching off an early-start Hot Club 2nd Birthday Party tomorrow night (Sat 24 Oct) at Sleazys, Glasgow, from 9pm til 3. Free ltd edition (1/50) print and 80min mix CD (1/150) to the earliest arrivals.
Hey Kat, Just to let you know we've finally put together the website and the search is well and truly up and running - so much so that if all you your friends started using it to search the web, they'd raise over £80,000 for charity every year. Shameless plug I know but wouldn't it' be amazing if it happened!
Lol .sorry about your plants did they die cuz its cold? My aunt has these chilli bushes that never die we have eatin them most of my life we eat chilli for breakfast at our house
DrunkenWerewolf readers, get a b&w copy of Issue #9 posted to your door for £2.00 to any British address or £3.00 internationally.
The issue includes an interview with folk band Mumford & Sons in celebration of their recent debut Sigh No More, and fellow rising stars Cherbourg. We've also caught up with Cardiff's The Victorian English Gentlemens Club and Brighton's Esben & the Witch. As an extension of Issue #8's AUS101 synopsis, we've interview Melbourne's Cuthbert & the Night Walkers, and continued the column with IRE101, an exploration into the Irish music scene, and NM101, an exploration into the New Mexican music scene. In addition to all of this, we have a face-off with The Ethical Debating Society and An Axe, and Emily Stern talks to Venus Bogardus' Hannah Levbarg about her involvement in various feminist projects.
For more information and to get yourself a copy, go here - http://drunkenwerewolf.livejournal.com/111641.html
Did you get my email about Issue #10 and your 500 words on something or someone that has influenced your music?
Aaand, do you want to play DW's 5th Birthday party on November 28th? It's up here in Liverpool, in our basement. I'd really be so happy if you could play it, I think my head would explode!
A 4 track EP, titled Call Signs, it provides the perfect introduction to the band prior to the release of their debut album, Grappling Hooks, in early 2010.
You can hear samples from all 4 EP tracks on the NAO Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/naoband
The stars arranged themselves in pairs With colors their steps arose upon the stairs Each waking moment another light is born Capturing the essence of another brilliant morn.
In time and space and there in between A year that comes and goes is no more to be seen Worlds without end arise and disappear And wisdom plays upon the harp to hear
Songs that open doorways to the heart A cascade of visions sharing every part Revealing all connections to be told With a sudden rush of daring to be bold.
In an instant the change Comes over you complete Like a herd upon the range Thoughts turn from empty to replete
For out of nothing the something shall come forth And in that moment you will know you are the one
Proudly Introducing... 'Go Faster Stripes' and the cast of thousands!
