Texas-born Katy Kirby has a expertise for creating songs that begin quietly — so tenderly that the listener nearly appears like they’re eavesdropping on a private dialog — then construct with intricate preparations earlier than returning to that intimacy. It’s that type of dynamism, paired with Kirby’s clear voice and distinctive lyrical imagery, that actually shine in her Tiny Desk efficiency.
Kirby begins with “Juniper,” a swinging hit from her debut album Cool Dry Place, adopted by “Fences,” off her newest album Blue Raspberry. On “Cubic Zirconia,” after an instrumental break led by Logan Chung’s electrical guitar riffs, the band fades as Kirby sings to “the prettiest mermaid within the memento store,” describing a “face framed by hoodie like an oyster in a shell.” Kirby then performs a stripped again model of the normally roaring “Desk” earlier than ending with the arresting “Portals,” a music Kirby instructed us tends to make her girlfriend tear up.
Additionally, chances are you’ll discover that the “woohoo!” sounds from the viewers sound a bit larger pitched than standard. That’s as a result of Kirby was enjoying to an viewers of younger musicians attending the Women Rock! DC day camp, hosted at NPR headquarters the day of this recording. We’re glad Kirby may present them what it is wish to rock out on the Tiny Desk.
SET LIST
- “Juniper”
- “Fences”
- “Cubic Zirconia”
- “Desk”
- “Portals”
MUSICIANS
- Katy Kirby: vocals, electrical guitar
- Austin Arnold: drums
- Margaux Bouchegnies: electrical bass
- Logan Chung: guitar, keys
- Lane Rodges: piano
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Elle Mannion
- Director/Editor: Kara Body
- Audio Technical Director: Hannah Gluvna
- Videographers: Kara Body, Joshua Bryant, Mitra I. Arthur
- Host/Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Sofia Seidel
- Tiny Desk Crew: Hazel Cills, Maia Stern
- Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins