Kimberley Anne Ryan or ‘Indie Rock Queen’ as she has been
depicted by the media, claims she sees herself as more of an indie rock
princess for now. This year is the start of an amazing career for Kimberley
with the release of her debut album ‘Maps’ and endless touring – this should be
an excellent year for her.
She entered the room nervous; however you could tell she was
bursting with confidence like a tiger amongst kittens. She walked over, smile
beaming and shook my hand, took a seat and the interview began.
“Since I was young I’ve always loved singing, I can remember
singing to my family and joining in with talent shows in school.” It seems that
years of singing has truly paid off for Kimberley as now she is supporting
bands such as ‘The Wombats’ and ‘Noah and the Whale’. “It’s been amazing
supporting for them. I’ve expanded my fan base by hundreds even thousands!” She
went on to explain how supportive her fans are, saying “I’ve always had a
handful of fans, when I first started out the only fans I had were friends and
family, but as I started to do more shows my fan base began to blossom, and
before I knew it I had a few thousand twitter fans.” As the interview went on
Kimberley started to show her true colours, of course at the young age of only
19 she must of felt like a rabbit caught in headlights, entering a huge room full of crew ready for
her photo shoot followed by a in depth interview.
With three years’ worth of songs to choose from, Kimberley
went on to describe the difficulty’s that go into choosing ten songs to go on the album from a choice of
over one hundred. “I don’t know how I managed it. It took me weeks to choose,
but I think I have selected the songs that reflect me and my music best. ”She
went on to tell us about the doubts of her song selection for the album. “I
doubted myself the whole time” she says “I doubted whether the songs were good
enough, whether the record was strong enough. I doubted everything-every single
lyric.” However it seems from what we have heard from the album that Kimberley
has no room for doubt, with each song filled with true passion, it seems that Kimberley
has poured her heart out into these songs.
With her sound being a clash of Florence and the machine and
Noah and the Whale it is a sound you cannot miss. Her debut album ‘Maps’ is
released on the 17th July 2012.
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