LEANNE KINGWELL

LEANNE KINGWELL
Word is out on Leanne Kingwell’s debut solo
album ‘SHOW YA WHAT’. And the word is
good.
Northeast In-Tune Magazine (NY) reckons it's
“Powerhouse rock... Kingwell has saved
rock 'n roll for women.”
The Village Voice (NY) says
“Her rockers are righteous... her ballads
fave raves.”
FFRUK (UK): “Blew me away... you'll be
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“I saw The Angel's gig at The Palace in 2000
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and it absolutely knocked me out. I was one
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of a dozen girls in a room of about 1500
nineties, playing bass, singing and writing
guys who just went off and knew the words
with
cult
Melbourne
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outfit,
to every song. That gig got me thinking
‘Happy Gas Stare’.
about how to create some kick arse rock n’
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roll that girls would dig as much as guys.
“Midnight gigs in sleazy bars just seemed
My brief to myself after that night was to
a better alternative for me than midnight
make ‘a chick record with balls’.”
mass,” Leanne recalls. “I spent so many
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who think 12 bar is a strip club and a rock
and urinals. But, ya gotta pay ya dues,
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missed roots rock by about half a century.
I had to do a lot of homework. Learn a lot
“Rock Love,
n’ Roll was not the way to Love,
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of new things, musically. Then adapt them so
‘go to heaven tickets’ when I was growing up.
that they became mine.”
My childhood was dedicated to sport and study.
My teenage rebellion was listening to
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with ‘SHOW YA WHAT’?
on a 15 dollar walkman, under my blankets
when my family went to bed. Maybe that’s why
“I’m happy with the album. It’s not political,
I still have a thing for solitude and dark
pretentious, too cynical or in any way
places.”
downbeat, the opposite in fact. It’s a good,
honest, consistent, album that takes you on
Leanne took 3 years out to write and record
an energetic and emotional ride with humour
‘SHOW YA WHAT’. Why so long?
and a beer and chicken wire sensibility.
Play it at a barbie. Play it loud. Get
“It was a musical direction and craft thing.
drunk. Dance. Sing along. Get your head out
I’d started off in a headbanger band that
of your arse and have a good time. That’s
morphed into a glam rock outfit and then
why God created rock n’roll.”
further de-evolved into a pop act with a major
record deal. So, I’d had lots of experience
Keep spreading the word, Leanne
learning what I didn’t want to do anymore.”
KRILL RECORDS
5 Fawkner Street
St Kilda VIC 3182
Email krill@froggy.com.au
Phone +61 (0)3 9593 6355
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