Close your eyes and listen. You'll hear smoky soul, flights of dazzling invention and intricate layers of deeply felt emotion. With a voice that belies her age; twenty year old Kimbra already enchants her audience, having been inspired by jazz greats such as Nina Simone, while also bringing a contemporary edge more akin to Bjork and Camille..... On her debut single Settle Down, Kimbra paired up with producers Francois Tetaz (Architecture in Helsinki, Gotye) and Australian Urban export M-Phazes (Amerie, Pharoahe Monch). Settle Down, "has got that immediate quirk to it" says Kimbra... "A rhythmic collage of handclaps, cheeky horn parping, and a ballooning bassline married to an escapist lyrics about domesticity" - "I wanna raise a child/ Won't you raise a child with me? / Raise a child / We'll call her Nebraska / Nebraska Jones / She'll have your nose..." Stop-start phrasings and a magical arrangement that starts with nothing but "boom-buh-boom-bah" mouth-noise and handclaps before being filled out with layers of sub-Timbaland quirk-funk and cutesy tip-toe piano plinks just show that being a bit "out there" is the name of her game. ..... Kimbras whimsical soul pop invokes both past and modern soul luminaries including Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse, and Jamie Lidell. With talented four-piece band behind her, Kimbra delivers the full force of her powerful and alluring vocals, proliferated in a soulful gusto and fervent vibrancy. Make no mistake - Kimbra is picking up steam even as she arrives. It's going to be a wonderful trip. ...... .. 'Her overt style, ambition and naivety appeals in equal measure. Kimbra is dynamite. Her jazz/neo soul tune is built out of layered vocal stacks until the song explodes into a modern band arrangement that blows the doors off, showcasing the quality of her voice and the suave production of Francois Tetaz and M-Phazes.' .. .... - Brag magazine (Sydney) ...... 'She's from New Zealand and she's effing rad!! If you like Nina Simone, Florence & The Machine and/or Bjork, then we think you will enjoy Kimbra - her music reminds us of all those fierce ladies!' ......- Perez Hilton (USA) ...... 'Kimbra's got a pretty unique style going on right about now. The cut-and-paste vocals that introduce this song already belie something bigger than your average pop fare, complemented by a voice that swoops as low as it peaks. This is classic jazz intonation updated for the tech-age, all scats and doo-wops chopped and changed by some of the best knob-twiddlers in the business.'.... .. -'OneSongADay' Blog .... .. '...whether it's the defiant swooping chorus of Settle Down or exploring her melodic elasticity on Plain Gold Ring - she's in her element. And in the presence of such talent, and with Vows just around the corner, before long it might be hard to catch at such an intimate venue as the Toff again.' .... .. - Beat Magazine