When Kate Nash released her very first single Caroline's A Victim back at the start of the year, those of us who'd almost obsessively listened to her demo versions were a bit bemused. Why release this juddering slab of electro, which bore an unfortunate resemblance to the Bad Uncle song from Nathan Barley, when there was so much better stuff in her canon? Was Kate Nash really trying to sabotage her career before it had even begun?
Six months on, and her first release for Fiction shows much better judgement. For Foundations is the sort of thing that's been feeding Nash die-hards ever since she first played tiny open-mic spots in North London. A lovely bittersweet tale of a failing relationship, this is funny, poignant, dangerously catchy and nearly impossible to grow tired of. Best of all, it demonstrates her natural touch for naturalistic lyrics that absolutely everyone will be able to relate to.
Forget the backlash against the 'LDN scene' - Kate Nash is far too good a songwriter to be lazily bracketed with bands just because she's from the same region. This sounds like a hit from the first minute you play it - and pretty soon it will be absolutely huge.
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