And the Hello and welcome to Soi Jaqer on songwriting Brian, accompanied as always by Simon. And with us for

episode 273 is a British singer-songwriter and actress who first came to public attention

during the mid-naughties MySpace era with the smash-hit sardonic piano-driven single Foundations.

She recently released her fifth studio album, Nine Sad Symphonyies, on the Kill Rockstars label,

produced by Danish musician and songwriter Frederick Toe.

It's a pleasure to welcome the marvelous Kate Nash to the show.

Kate was born in Dublin in 1987 to an English father and Irish mother and raised in Harrow, Greater London.

Although she played piano from an early age, our guest initially set his sights on becoming

an actress.

She attended the famed Brit school in Croydon, studying theatre, following which she

unsuccessfully applied to several drama schools.

However, she would ultimately achieve her actively ambitions.

She turned to songwriting in earnest in 2005 during a period of recuperation at the family home after breaking her foot.

Once she was back on her feet, Kate started performing live at pubs and open mic nights around

London and uploading her songs to My Space where they were quickly discovered and subsequently

championed by Lily Allen.

After securing management she released her debut single, Caroline's a victim in February 2007,

following which she was signed to Polydore subsidiary Fiction Records.

Second single, Foundations, co-written with our former guest Paul Eppworth, shot to number two

in the UK chart, resulting in the Rush release of her long playing debut

made of bricks, also produced by Epworth.

The album went straight to number one in the UK charts and made the top 40 in the US

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