The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. Goulding released her debut studio album, Lights, in 2010. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding. poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. In 2010 she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of. The song is the album's standout track and sees the group pair their distinctive country style with a pulsating electronic beat alongside lyrics that tackle topics including gun control, abortion rights and climate change.An English singer and songwriter, born 30 December 1986 Hereford, England.
Current band members Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire's new material seems keenly attuned to the politics of today despite their 14-year recording hiatus.Īs the band released protest song March March last month amid the Black Lives Matter movement, they announced they were dropping the word Dixie, which has ties to Confederacy in the US, from their name. Gaslighter sees The Chicks return with a new name and a renewed vigour for taking on contemporary issues. The 13 three-minute songs mostly have catchy choruses, with Emily Kempf (bass) and Jason Balla (guitar) trading vocals anchored by Eric McGrady's drums.ĭehd clearly have all the right influences, yet transcend them and come up with a fresh sound that manages to be both timeless and also entirely 2020. They keep it simple, with pared-back instrumentation, like The White Stripes - and also with a complex inter-band relationship that adds an edge to their songs of love won and lost.
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