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CMU Approved
Approved: Smatka
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 20 October 2010
Another of the acts we caught on In The City’s unsigned stages, Smatka was certainly one of the more visually memorable artists we saw this year. Performing the first half of her set beating the two floor toms standing either side of her and dressed all in black, at all times she drew attention away from her very talented band. It would be hard not to at least mention her resemblance to Siouxsie Sioux when writing about her. See? I just did.
Her songs swung wildly between different styles, leaving Team CMU’s two representatives, who arrived to see her at different times, describing her as making “goth Bond themes” or being “Paloma Faith fronting an indie band”. As her MySpace and Facebook profiles only present one song between them, you’ll have to take our word for that for the moment, though that song does prove that she’s got a skill for putting together a good pop tune.
