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Photo by Gilles O'Kane I don't think there's a better time to listen to the latest single from Kate Bollinger than on a Friday in the summer. "What's This About (La La La La)" is a breezy and whimsical song that isn't quite folk but at least folk adjacent. It's pop, but more like pop music was in the 60's, without sounding like a throwback song. The song has the perfect vibes of summer, especially at this point as you start to realize the season is winding down. Bollinger has crafted an upbeat, midtempo groove-filled song that my only complaint about is that I wish it was longer than two minutes. Kate Bollinger says of her latest single: “This was one of those songs that arrived in my head fully formed, kind of like it was delivered to me by someone else, and as its conduit I banged around on guitar trying to find where the chords were. It's sort of an ode to Of Montreal's Cherry Peel and Apples in Stereo's Tone Soul Evolution.” You can...

Photo by Juliana and Nicola Giraffe For her upcoming debut album, Kate Bollinger took inspiration from the pop, rock, and folk of the 1960's. That sound is all over her new single, "Any Day Now." The song is a light and breezy track that isn't exactly a throwback. Instead, it's an updated version of those sounds made fresh for 2024. It has roots in pop music, but an artsier version of pop than what you typically hear. If I'm being forced to make comparisons to current artists, "Any Day Now" sounds like a cross between Faye Webster and Kate Nash. Bollinger has crafted a song that is loads of fun without being cheesy or embarrassing, which can be rare. Kate Bollinger says of her new single: " My good friend Matt [E. White] was visiting from Virginia and we got together to play some music. We wrote this song and then drove around Los Angeles together. That same day he helped me realize the kind of record I wanted to make, which I subconsciously kne...