![]() Girls her age tend to be the biggest fans of the lo-fi genre currently known as bedroom pop, making unlikely stars of fellow young women such as Clairo and Girl in Red, and these recordings share that free and easy intimacy. Back in June, the band released The Soft Bulletin Companion on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day. It will be out on November 26 via Bella Union. The overall feel is sketched, not overthought, a fun project that makes no attempt to cast Smith as a next big thing in indie rock. The Flaming Lips have announced the release of a Nick Cave covers album, Where the Viaduct Looms, which will feature vocals from 14-year-old singer Nell Smith. I just love it,” he wrote on his website. ![]() Reserve hard-to-get titles with our expansive backorder selection, and get new restocks before they run out. Available to Order Now Order new releases before everyone else with Pre-Order releases. Nell & The Flaming Lips This inspiring and heartwarming story begin when Smith, originally from Leeds (UK), moved to Canada and first met Wayne Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ headline show at the Sled Island Festival, Calgary, in 2018 with her family. The Australian doom-monger has already heard the lead single, a glistening version of Girl in Amber from his Skeleton Tree album that is only slightly less spooky than the original, and offered his own review: “Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling. See the latest music releases and all-time favorites all in one place. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTĬave’s glowering menace acquires a new, lighter prettiness when his apocalyptic words are delivered in her high, youthful voice, drenched in echo and backed by the Lips’ familiar woozy electronic rock.Where the Viaduct Looms is released on Novemon Bella Union, Pre-order the album here. In 2020 Nell recorded an album of Nick Cave cover versions under the tutelage of Wayne Coyne. ![]() ![]() Nell started performing live at the age of 11, playing alongside established musicians and writing her own songs. Following Nell’s prompt, he went on the bus and found the letter.Ī duet through the space bubble while Wayne sang David Bowie’s Space Oddity created a connection, and Wayne maintained contact with Nell’s parents as she learned to play guitar. Upon release the record was released on both seafoam green and clear vinyl with a CD copy of the album included. ![]() She watched the show from the front row with her brother.įast forward to 2018 and Nell was again at a Lips show, tenacious and determined, she managed to get a letter onto the tour bus and her yelling from the side of the stage prior to the show caught the attention of Wayne Coyne who came and said hi. released 5,000 copies of The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon on 12' seafoam green vinyl as part of Record Store Day. Attending festivals with her family, Nell experienced live music from the age of 2 and grew more and more interested.Īfter moving to Canada in 2012, Nell gravitated towards The Flaming Lips and eventually saw them in Spokane in 2017 aged 10, bursting into tears of joy when she saw the tickets. Born in Leeds, UK, in 2007, Nell listened to music in utero following her mother’s plan which was to give her familiar sounds once she was born to aid her to settle more easily.Īs she grew, she was attracted to music and quickly developed an interest in artists including Herman Dune, Arcade Fire, Metronomy, The Flaming Lips, David Bowie, The Fleet Foxes, and MGMT. ![]()
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