The songstress admits that “it’s a little bit uncomfortable for the first few hours, being naked around people you don’t really know that well.”īut it’s an opportunity that they made the best of: “Me and Gotye were both very passionate about making a video in an artistic way, so we were able to let go of that awkwardness of the first few hours.” And baring it all in the name of “art” is not that new to her Kimbra wore tattoo-like body paint for the cover of her debut album, Vows. “We wanted to keep it casual.”Īlong with Gotye, Kimbra also shed her clothes for body paint in the “Somebody That I Used To Know” music video.

“ called me and said, ‘look I’ve got this song, would you be interested in singing the second verse?’ And he came over to my house,” she laughs. Album DescriptionAccording to Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”, was first recorded in her bedroom. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. It will be interesting to see if she decides to pursue a more streamlined direction in the future, but by threading its widely eclectic range of influences together in such an impressively cohesive manner, Vows suggests she might never need to.

Occasionally, this 'cover all bases' approach lacks focus, but for the most part, Kimbra's invention is a marvel to behold, as her enchanting and swooping jazz-pop tones glide across a veritable feast of sounds, from the hypnotic double basslines and '30s show tune harmonies of 'Good Intent' to the plinky piano hooks and rhythmic R&B grooves of opener 'Settle Down' while a beautifully gothic take on 'Plain Gold Ring' is one of the rare instances of a Nina Simone cover matching the original. Effortlessly flitting from bubblegum pop starlet on the playful old-skool beats and '60s doo wop vocals of 'Cameo Lover' to avant-garde banshee on the melancholic music box-inspired closer, 'The Build Up,' Kimbra's chameleon-like tendencies ensure that predictability is certainly never an issue on any one of its 12 genre-hopping tracks. Buy the album Starting at $13.09Įchoing the experimental nature of recent collaborator Gotye, whose number one single 'Somebody That I Used to Know' she stole the show on, New Zealand songstress Kimbra's debut album, Vows, is a schizophrenic affair that is almost impossible to pigeonhole. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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