The year is 2006 and 16 year old Lisa Mitchell has just been voted off Australian Idol. Proving once again how fucking stupid the voting audience for Idol really are.
I first saw her when she played support for The Hampdens in 2007, she was shy and cute and very meek. I had no idea who she was, but my girlfriend bought her CD not because she loved her set, but because "she deserved the support".
Getting voted off that show was the best thing that could have happened to her.
Four years on from Idol, and she's even cuter - like a bag of kittens, baby squirrels and an otter all rolled into one - but she's not the kid she used to be. She's grown into the folky pop princess role, moved from Melbourne to London to write, and last year gave us "Coin Laundry".
And we all agree it's just lush. A beautiful sentiment expressed in a most innocent of ways. She just wants to be the girl that you met in the coin laundry. Seriously, what's not to like?
And i know most of the Australians reading will know this song all too well, i don't care, it's worth another look, it's cheerier than Eels and Graham might not have heard it. Then again, if it was released anytime after 1995 there's a good chance Graham might not have heard it.
But surely even he can't resist a girl that lives in a washing machine?
davey
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And she would smell like fabric softener. I like her album, her voice is so very sweet.
ReplyDeleteLisa Mitchell was the only good thing I've seen on Australian Idol - I saw her in the first audition and fell in love with that cute little voice. She's fucking adorable. Hope Graham likes her. xk
ReplyDeleteJust bought the album - she is too adorable. I'm going to have to draw her, you know.
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