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and as the B-side to "I'll Be a Prince." It consists solely of a drumbeat with a cheerfully delivered repeating lyric, "We're all gonna die!", eventually concluding, "We don't know when, We don't know how." According to Niblett, she had originally composed the song on guitar after nearly getting in a
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I was 17 when I first heard it. I definitely think they had a huge role in that. For me, the thing that I loved about them and her was the anger, and aggressiveness, along with the tender side. That was something I hadn't seen before in a woman playing music. That was hugely influential and really
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was what they call 'transiting my ascendant' at the time and it literally did feel like I didn't know who I was. The energies of Neptune are dissolving your ego and it really kind of shakes you up. Right now Pluto, but also Uranus are equally battling, challenging my Sun." She also is said to use
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Niblett relocated to the United States in 2003 to continue pursuing a music career, saying: "The underground music culture in America is big enough so that you can make a living from it without being super famous. The mainstream culture of music is so different, because it's all based on selling
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covers. This drumming technique has been a particularly distinctive feature of Niblett's records with Steve Albini, whose method is to place the drums centrally in the mix. An example of Niblett's minimalist approach to songwriting is "Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death", included on
489:) was the anger, and aggressiveness, along with the tender side," said Niblett. "That was something I hadn't seen before in a woman playing music. That was hugely influential and really inspiring. Women up 'til then were kind of one-dimensional, twee, sweet, ethereal." 452:, many of Niblett's songs consisted of vocals accompanied only by drums; " make drumming and singing be as accessible as me playing guitar and singing," she said in a 2004 interview. Her later albums featured Niblett mainly on guitar, and with a backing drummer. 243:
Niblett's music is frequently minimalist in style, many of her songs consisting merely of vocals accompanied by either drums or guitar. She is also known for her intimate live shows. In addition to songwriting and music, Niblett is also a professional
555:. "My dad bought me a book about astrology when I was about seven and I literally haven't stopped studying it since," she said. Themes and references to planets occasionally appear in Niblett's lyrics, and she explained the naming of her third album, 264:. She was classically trained on piano and violin as a child. Niblett began recording compositions she made up on the piano as a child, and later in early adulthood on the guitar. She studied music, fine art and performance art at 306:
After sending out her EP demo CD "Alene Had It All" (recorded under the name Lion, and accompanied by drummer Kristian Godard), consisting of vocals, guitar, and drums, to multiple record companies, Niblett was approached by
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Niblett's unorthodox musical arrangements have been noted by critics, particularly her sparse instrumentation and dramatic shifts in tempos. In her earlier work, specifically
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things... In America you don't have to enter into that, you can still survive. You don't have to be in the industry there and you do , so I had to leave". She has resided in
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Her drumming technique, however, is inspired, she says, by a man who played at an open-mic night in Nottingham and would accompany himself on the drums while playing
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With a voice that ranges from ethereal reediness to muscular fury, she's the bastard daughter of PJ Harvey, Kim Gordon and Courtney Love.
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inspiring. Women up 'til then were kind of one-dimensional, twee, sweet, ethereal, and that annoys the shit out of me.
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Niblett seldom discusses her personal life. Apart from her career in music, she has an obsessive interest in
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with Songs: Ohia, contributing the track "Miss My Lion". Niblett followed the single with her debut album,
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car accident while on tour during a winter storm. Also of note is her downbeat cover of
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as a lyrical influence, and her music has often been likened by critics to
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astrology to predict the best place and time to record her music.
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while attending college. She chose her stage name in honour of
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Retrieved 23 February 2006. 642: 1182:"Scout Niblett : It's Up To Emma" 1116: 1114: 811:Cranshaw, Rachel (19 September 2004). 531:, Niblett stated that she listened to 1513:Alumni of Nottingham Trent University 1180:Barber-Plentie, Grace (31 May 2013). 843:Allmusic. Retrieved 23 February 2006. 652:"Scout Niblett coming to Pilot Light" 281:Niblett began performing at clubs in 7: 787:"Scout Niblett Interview (Issue 18)" 559:: "The reason that album was called 388:, in 2012, which featured covers of 333:in Hamilton, Scotland with producer 966:Martin, Erin Lyndal (3 July 2013). 937:Suarez, Jessica (13 January 2010). 1503:21st-century English women singers 1293:"Five questions for Scout Niblett" 1267:"Scout Niblet – "It's Up to Emma"" 650:Brown, Randall (14 January 2010). 471:, and in particular the guitar of 311:, who had been given her demos by 14: 1019:"It's Up to Emma – Scout Niblett" 911:Kaufman, Kelsey (6 August 2013). 760:Wedel, Mark (23 September 2010). 370:, marking her debut release with 1593:People from Stone, Staffordshire 1538:Drag City (record label) artists 1403:The Calcination of Scout Niblett 1095:Conner, Shawn (21 August 2013). 994:"Scout Niblett: It's Up to Emma" 622:The Calcination of Scout Niblett 367:The Calcination of Scout Niblett 240:, which she mixed and produced. 1493:21st-century British guitarists 1291:Molina, Harmony (3 June 2013). 992:Hopper, Jessica (20 May 2013). 1578:Musicians from Nottinghamshire 1558:English multi-instrumentalists 1553:English experimental musicians 1239:. 9 March 2010. 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Index


Stone, Staffordshire
England
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Indie rock
alternative rock
blues rock
folk rock
Secretly Canadian
Too Pure
Drag City
ScoutNiblett.com
Sweet Heart Fever
It's Up to Emma
astrologer
Staffordshire
Rugeley
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
protagonist
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Secretly Canadian
Jason Molina
Songs: Ohia
split-single
Sweet Heart Fever
Chem Nineteen Recordings

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