Kate Nash @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 1 Aug

Nostalgia takes a very firm front seat on Kate Nash's Made of Bricks tenth anniversary tour.

Live Review by Nadia Younes | 02 Aug 2017

Teasing us early on with a brief version of Foundations (it is the second song on Made of Bricks after all), it's pretty evident there are more than a few ex-indie kids in the room: the type who, ten years ago, carried copies of the NME around in their Gola satchels and were still trying to come to terms with The Libertines splitting up. It's clear Nash is saving the full version for later though, once the crowd has been fully warmed up.

Following this up with an epic, punk rendition of Mouthwash, any disappointment at Foundations being cut short is quickly forgotten. Nash thrashes around the stage, belting out the words in an exuberant scream, making it clear she's no longer the delicate piano-playing indie princess she was ten years ago. 

Coming towards the end of her set, we finally get the full version of Foundations we are all waiting to hear and it can only be described as suitably rapturous. Not for the first time tonight, the crowd sing every word back to Nash at the top of their lungs, in between turning to their friends to do the same.

With the encore largely made up of Nash's newer material, it's clear to see how much she's grown as an artist. Behind her cute exterior, there is a real punk within Kate Nash and those who doubt that simply need to witness her live to be proven wrong.  

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