I Don’t Care if We’re Just Friends I Can Hang out with Myself

2006 was a boon year for bratty British singers with Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen breaking out here in the United States with brash and in your face lyrics. Fatigue must had set in by the following year as the debut album from Kate Nash barely made a blip stateside even though she may have had a more bitter tongue than her countrywoman (but unlike the other two, she also lacked the production of Mark Ronson).

Much like Allen, Nash grew up for her sophomore outing, but instead of getting inexplicitly political like Lily, Kate grew up in the form of a steady boyfriend the most likely led to the most vulnerable song on My Best Friend Is You, I Hate Seagulls where she lists everything she dislikes before finally admitting the things she does.

For the few of you that did catch Nash the first time around, don’t worry, there is still plenty of wit and snark flying toward guys mostly about unrequited love like Kiss the Grrrl. The same goes for the standout track of the album Do-Wah-Doo, a sixties girl group inspired song that maybe the catchiest song you may hear all year.

For those looking for something similar Foundations, check out Don’t You Want to Share the Guilt which comes off like a slower version because divulging into a spoken diatribe at the end which is followed guitar fuzz next track I Just Love You More which could have been a lost song from the riot grrl movement of the early nineties. This somewhat prepares you for the spoken word Mansion Song poetry jam that rails against girls that do not respect themselves, a song that may either be your favorite, or worst song on the album.

Song to Download – Do-Wah-Doo

My Best Friend Is You gets a on my Terror Alert Scale.