Kynsy

For a long while, Kynsy - the confident on stage performer - and Ciara Lindsey, the off stage songwriter behind it all, were two quite different people. Having gained swift praise from the likes of NME, DIY and Dork for her first singles ‘Cold Blue Light’ and ‘Happiness Isn’t A Fixed State’ back in 2020, the Dublin-raised, London-based musician soon found herself being heralded as a thrilling new voice in guitar music; upon the release of 2021 debut EP ‘Things That Don’t Exist’, reviews comparing her fizzing, earwormy indie-rock to luminaries such as The Strokes and St. Vincent came flooding in. But while Kynsy was immediately finding her place in the scene, Ciara was still trying to work out hers. In pursuit of these big dreams, Kynsy went full-pelt into her art. Having cut her teeth in a “good but chaotic” all-female rock band in her late teens, the MO for her solo work had always been to put musicality at the fore, working “with really good musicians who were gonna push me and take my songs to the next level”. After the immediate excitement around ‘Things That Don’t Exist’, second EP ‘Something To Do With Love’ soon followed in 2022. Recorded with noted producer Charlie Andrews (alt-J, Wolf Alice, Marika Hackman), it embraced a more experimental stance, and saw Kynsy flirt with her poppier side.