Album Review
Kyla La Grange - While Your Heart’s Still Beating
3-5 StarsA natural and elegant evolution of character.
Being flung into fame in your early 20s is never sold as plain sailing, but on ‘While Your Heart’s Still Beating’ Kyla La Grange gracefully reflects on her spiralling youth, taking cues from electro-pop superstar Robyn in rhythm and dynamism. The record toys with the universal notion of making the most of life, ‘Neverland’ positing that familiar post-night out restlessness: “But I’m still staring in the mirror at 3am / Sad to wash the glitter off,” and ‘Set You Free’ remarking on fleeting late night engagements. Where earlier work exercised her frustration towards nascent lovers, late nights and misplaced naivety, here she directs the narrative to express a memorial to those exact moments. A natural and elegant evolution of character, delivered in a bundle of bounding synth-pop choruses, withheld electro soundscapes and deft introspection.
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Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth
2 Stars
An album that’s trying different things; not all of them work, but it makes for an interesting listen all the same.
27th May 2014, 8:04pm
Dot To Dot 2014
Years & Years, Laura Welsh and Kyla La Grange captured in action during the festival's Bristol leg.
27th May 2014, 12:00am
Watch: Kyla La Grange Unveils ‘The Knife’ Video
Kyle La Grange's new 'Cut Your Teeth' album is out 2nd June.
7th April 2014, 11:35am
Watch: Kyla La Grange Shares ‘Cut Your Teeth’ Video
Kyla's new single is taken from a forthcoming second album - watch the night-terror new video now.
20th January 2014, 10:56am
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