KYNSY – Utopia (Spindizzy Ireland Exclusive) – 12” EP – Green Vinyl [OCT 25]

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12” EP – Limited Edition Spindizzy Ireland Exclusive Green Vinyl.

For a long while, Kynsy – the confident on stage performer – and Ciara Lindsey, the off stage songwriter behind it all, were two quite different people. Having gained swift praise from the likes of NME, DIY and Dork for her first singles Cold Blue Light and Happiness Isnt A Fixed State back in 2020, the Dublin-raised, London-based musician soon found herself being heralded as a thrilling new voice in guitar music; upon the release of 2021 debut EP Things That Dont Exist, reviews comparing her fizzing, earwormy indie-rock to luminaries such as The Strokes and St. Vincent came flooding in. But while Kynsy was immediately finding her place in the scene, Ciara was still trying to work out hers.

On those first EPs, I was trying to be more of a character; I was escaping through being this confident frontwoman, she says. I was trying to tick every box and write great songs but also look cool and have a fashion eye and everything. I was so obsessed with doing well I wasnt taking care of myself. I was always working, not going out, not letting myself breathe – it was that young, early twenties neuroticism of trying to get where I wanted to go and constantly thinking about the future but making myself a bit sick with it.

Having lived in Dublin since the age of four, she speaks of the city as a place where all you can do is dream, so you dream bigger. For decades, its been a place thats cultivated writers and artists; in recent years, of course, Dublins music scene has been prolific, with Ciaras old college mates Fontaines D.C and The Murder Capital among those breaking out into huge success. You create your own world to avoid the groundhog day-ness of the city, she continues. So many creative people have come from there, and theres this feeling that we can make poetry out of it and do more.

Genre-hopping anthems that flaunt grit and glamour…a masterclass of channelling angst into disarming indie for a new generation NME

Kynsys world is one bursting with colour and brimming with authenticity DIY

An act we’ll hopefully be seeing an awful lot more of Dork

Shes definitely one to watch Clash

Indie rock that blends hyperactive energy with neo-noir sense of style
– The Line Of Best Fit

Kynsy is Irelands indie-pop star on the rise….such is the lightning-in-a-bottle quality of her talent Paste

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Tracklist:

1. Body
2. Formaldehyde
3. Stereo Games
4. Utopia