KATE NASH
The Globe, Cardiff
Tue 30 July
Having made a household name for herself following the release of her 2007 debut record, Made Of Bricks, Kate Nash was practically omnipresent in British pop culture at a very specific time. A time where, for indie-pop stars like Nash herself, it was somewhat cool – and acceptable, for that matter – to don choppy fringes, dress in the remnants of a Peacocks summer sale and sing with an ostensible mockney accent; she rhymed “bitter” with “fittah” on undisputed smash hit Foundations, for crying out loud.
Fast forward 12 years and Nash is still making music, albeit without bothering the charts since the noughties. Her career has always stayed just about afloat, Nash remaining very much in the public eye by masterfully oscillating between releasing a flurry of polka dot pop singles (2016’s Good Summer, 2017’s Call Me) and taking on the role of the larger-than-life Rhonda in the ingenious Netflix series GLOW.
Last year, the 31-year-old singer-songwriter decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign in order to release her fourth album, and in doing so, raised over £120,000 from supporters. A few months later, the fan-funded Yesterday Was Forever was born, kicking and screaming its way into the world, and bringing slightly gauche extracts from a teenage diary with it. That’s not to say that Kate Nash lost her innate knack for penning wide-eyed, often confessional pop hits, and if anything, Yesterday Was Forever was an achievement of sorts, the catalyst for the proper resuscitation of her music career – both on and off record.
Off the back of Yesterday Was Forever, her first full-length release in five years, Nash is set to embark on a brief album tour with her all-female band. Stopping at The Globe on Tue 30 July, you can expect an evening of catchy backbeats interspersed with bubblegum pop hooks. One tip: when those singalong choruses hit, don’t forget to cocknify your accent, yeah?
Tickets: £20. Info: 07590 471888 / globecardiffmusic.com
words Sophie Williams