natalie prass – and so she thinks

Natalie Prass – Far From You

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:40:52 +0000

In celebration of her current tour – the Brudenell leg of which was described as the ‘gig of the year’ by God Is In The TV – Natalie Prass has shared a new live video for Far From You for which she is joined by an orchestra. Her second album The Future And The Past is deliciously dazzling, a confident and assured set of tunes that shimmer with understated glamour. With or without orchestra, on stage or on record, Prass creates masterpieces. Of which this is one.

Photo credit: Tonje Thilesen

Natalie Prass – Sisters

admin — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 08:19:04 +0000

Natalie Prass has shared Sisters, the second single from her upcoming album The Future and The Past, out 1 June via ATO Records. Sisters’ video is an animated art track celebrating sisterhood in all its forms. Beautifully articulate piano and rhythmic harmonies introduce the song that centres around the refrain ‘Keep your sisters close/You gotta keep your sisters close to ya.’ With her signature swing style, Sisters has a contemporary beat that propels it throughout.

Natalie had this to say about the track: ‘When one ship rises, we all rise. Keep your sisters close. WE ARE WORLD WIDE WORLD CLASS.’

Natalie Prass live at Islington Assembly Hall

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:36:32 +0000

It’s a glorious occasion when a record you love is exposed to you in a different light. Live at Islington Assembly Hall Natalie Prass lifts the gentle lilt and forlorn heartbreak of her debut album into something bolder, becoming feisty and lively in places where on record it’s sweet and lulling. There’s still a sensitivity and tingle to proceedings, but they’re imbued with rocking electric guitars and defiant stage banter, making this an entirely different experience, and one which resulted in numerous collective gasps through the night.
Usually the suggestion that an artist or band makes music that everyone will like means that it is bland or unadventurous, but Prass uses the classic reveries and structures as a springboard, emancipating them from constrictions without losing their immediacy and enchantment. A stripped back and breathy version of Fool evoked swinging and smokey caberet clubs, whilst the bouncing Bird of Prey was all r’n’b giddiness, and It Is You switched from its lush orchestration to a rocking and remorseless rhythm, as she invites her bandmates in one by one until the dreamlike beginning becomes a riotous and smouldering fanfare. Perhaps it’s the fact that her debut album was in fact recorded three years ago which allows her to step away from the emotion of the heartbreak it chronicles, and fuse them with power and an edge.

It’s testament to Prass’s talent and personality that despite it only being a Wednesday night gig to a couple of hundred people she was able to roll out both Ryan Adams and Jessie Ware to perform with her. As exclamations of ‘what the fuck’ swept over the audience, Prass looked like she was just having a damn good time with her mates. Ryan Adams stepping out and started jamming away on Violently was something of a magical moment. But she’s not just about big names and impressive statements for their own sake, and also invited Mississippi pal Alva Leigh on stage as they reminisced back, crooning away to one another.
Practically every member of the audience now has a huge crush on Prass, her quirky personality, milky vocals and sense of wonder a hybrid of Zooey Descchanel, Jenny Lewis and Sharon Van Etten. Her smouldering charisma was punctuated by kooky jokes and smiles, deadpan commentary (‘Christy was a bitch’ ‘This is a new track called Coat. I don’t say the word Coat once in it.’) and genuine giggles. Her commanding presence is also sweet and amusing, a doe eyed but gritty sincerity warming her to everyone in the crowd. Her vulnerability seemed to morph into strength, her sweetness into sensuality and her tender talent an authentic and powerful performance.
Tonight was the night that a good set of songs became something great in the arms of a sublime and beautiful artist. Natalie Prass.

Love lyrics

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:23:52 +0000

Valentine’s Day, and a chance to celebrate the things we love – like music. These are some of the most beautiful love related lyrics in my favourite songs.
The Maccabbees – Toothpaste Kisses
I’ll win your heart with a woop-a-woo / Pulling shapes just for your eyes / So with toothpaste kisses and lines /I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine

Natalie Prass – Christy
Does he?/ Slide each of his fingers down your back when he / When he puts a new record on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMCEF9X1ds
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
Well, while you were sitting in the back seat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you ’til just now!

Blur – To The End
Well you and I / Collapsed in love / And it looks like we might have made it / Yes, it looks like we’ve made it to the end

Flaming Lips – Do You Realize?
Do You Realize – that you have the most beautiful face/ Do You Realize – we’re floating in space / Do You Realize – that happiness makes you cry

Sharon Van Etten – For You
I do, I do / I’d wait for you / But you knew

The Shins – Simple Song
I swear that I dreamt / Your face on a football field / And a kiss that I kept / Under my vest

David Bowie – Heroes
We could steal time, just for one day / We can be Heroes, for ever and ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g
Beach House – Real Love
You know, you know, we belong by the stream, to the dawn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6r0hPVauJQ
Foals – This Orient
To glide past every city light / Like a satellite careering through the sky / This colour, this summer night

The Cribs – Be Safe
I’m tethered to this post you’ve sunk in me / And every clear afternoon now I’ll think of you, up in the air / Twisting your heel, your knees up around me, my face in your hair / You scream so well, your smile so loud, it still rings in my ears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCydrACBsK8
Group Love – Tongue Tied
My eyes on your eyes / Like Peter Pan up in the sky

Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
We’ll pick berries and recline / Let’s hit the road dear friend of mine/ Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs / We’ll drive for miles maybe never turn off /We’ll find a cathedral city you can be handsome I’ll be pretty

The Charlatans – One To Another
I’ll be at ease watching you sleep watching’ you smile / Love I adore you / Always looking for you