nadine shah – and so she thinks https://andsoshethinks.co.uk CREATE:COMMUNICATE:CONNECT Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:59:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-FAVICON-90x90-1-32x32.png nadine shah – and so she thinks https://andsoshethinks.co.uk 32 32 Nadine Shah – Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love) https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/nadine-shah-ladies-for-babies-goats-for-love/ https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/nadine-shah-ladies-for-babies-goats-for-love/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:59:12 +0000 https://andsoshethinks.wordpress.com/?p=10337 Nadine Shah has announced her fourth studio album, Kitchen Sink will be released on 5 June via Infectious Music. Along with the announcement she has shared the video for lead single Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love). It’s a song that has a sturdy timbre with nuanced subtely, simmering with a rage that never quite comes to the boil. After slow lingering verses the chorus gets firey and fantastic, all jagged edges and stark contrasts.
Speaking of the track Shah says: ‘My brother was making a comment on sexism when he was younger and made a painting of a man embracing a goat with the phrase “ladies for babies, goats for love”. It always stuck with me, I guess cause it sounded daft but really because even back then I knew its true meaning and intent. I was also thinking about a lot of the songs I would have been listening to at the time, songs I sang along to innocently without question of the meaning. ‘Ladies for Babies’ is a direct response to ‘All That She Wants’ by Ace of Base. I reversed the gender and I poke fun at a husband who expects nothing more from me, as a wife, than to carry his child and perform the role of the obeying subservient trophy wife. Only this time the mistress is a farmyard animal. A lot of my album explores subjects of sexism and tradition. It’s not all about beastiality, I promise.‘ [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]]]> https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/nadine-shah-ladies-for-babies-goats-for-love/feed/ 0 Citadel is here – and it looks amazing https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/7685-2/ https://andsoshethinks.co.uk/7685-2/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:41:36 +0000 https://andsoshethinks.wordpress.com/?p=7685 When Citadel Festival was first born, I had reservations about the longevity and meaning of its life. Did London really need another festival? Did the UK need another family friendly event? But they’ve been building on their successes, and this year bring an amazing line up of quality artists to Victoria Park on Sunday 16th July 2017.

Foals play their only UK festival appearance, and indie legends Wild Beasts will also be whipping the park into a dark trippy frenzy, and the ubiquitous and brilliant Bonobo mixes things up. If you’ve tried to get tickets to see Laura Marling recently you’ll know that even selling multiple limbs won’t secure them, so the opportunity of seeing her on a (hopefully) sun drenched stage in summer is one not to passed over. Communion welcome to their stage soulful Michael Kiwanuka, Sylvan Esso, rockers Twin Peaks and Nadine Shah, whilst Clash & Last FM turn things up a bit with Vessels, and welcome Ben Howard’s new band A Blaze Of Feather.

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You’ll also find Sunday Papers Live, Sofar Sounds and journalism experts The Frontline Club, as well as the Science Museum, FuturePlay and The Indytute offering creative exploration and events. All festivals these days need yoga and swing dancing, and Citadel is no different, bringing on board SwingTrain, Frame and the House of Voga for a dose of wellbeing. There’s also some acoustic sessions, the must see Roller Skating Fiddle Players, a family rave from Big Fish Little Fish, some sports games, theatre – and a ton of street food and craft ales.

All in all, they’ve proved me completely wrong. Nice one.

Buy tickets now.

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