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Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, to use the name her musician parents gave her, already has a staggering track record. If her name itself - pronounced ‘See-ah’ - isn’t familiar to millions, her voice undoubtedly is.
In 2000, the Adelaide born singer scored a bolt from the blue Top 10 hit with her debut single,
Taken for Granted. Pairing her unique Australian drawl with the strident strings from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, the track was championed by Trevor Nelson and had Sia performing live on Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show. Her debut album, Healing Is Difficult, arrived to similar cries of ´the next big R&B thing’. Then, to cap it all, she added her jazzy slurs to two tracks on Zero 7’s Simple Things album and became the unmistakable voice of the year’s coolest down-tempo soundtrack. All the pieces for a phenomenal career seemed to be in place.
And then nothing.
“I went a bit mental after that,” she explains, before letting out a laugh that would stop traffic. “No seriously, I needed therapy and everything.” She recovers her composure only long enough to explain that going from hero to zero left her confused and frustrated and that it was a really enjoyable time, those moments of feeling like a ‘Coolio’! But sadly they’ve passed now.
Brandishing both wicked humour and brutal honesty, it’s sometimes hard to know exactly when Sia’s joking. What is certain is that, with fragile beauty, a collaboration with Beck, and swathes of sensual soul-searching, ‘Healing Is Difficult’s long overdue follow-up, ‘Colour The Small One, rekindles thoughts of an all conquering phenomenon and will surely make her a ‘coolio’ once again.
In 2000, the Adelaide born singer scored a bolt from the blue Top 10 hit with her debut single,
Taken for Granted. Pairing her unique Australian drawl with the strident strings from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, the track was championed by Trevor Nelson and had Sia performing live on Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show. Her debut album, Healing Is Difficult, arrived to similar cries of ´the next big R&B thing’. Then, to cap it all, she added her jazzy slurs to two tracks on Zero 7’s Simple Things album and became the unmistakable voice of the year’s coolest down-tempo soundtrack. All the pieces for a phenomenal career seemed to be in place.And then nothing.
“I went a bit mental after that,” she explains, before letting out a laugh that would stop traffic. “No seriously, I needed therapy and everything.” She recovers her composure only long enough to explain that going from hero to zero left her confused and frustrated and that it was a really enjoyable time, those moments of feeling like a ‘Coolio’! But sadly they’ve passed now.
Brandishing both wicked humour and brutal honesty, it’s sometimes hard to know exactly when Sia’s joking. What is certain is that, with fragile beauty, a collaboration with Beck, and swathes of sensual soul-searching, ‘Healing Is Difficult’s long overdue follow-up, ‘Colour The Small One, rekindles thoughts of an all conquering phenomenon and will surely make her a ‘coolio’ once again.
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Colour The Small One
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Some People Have REAL Problems
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Healing Is Difficult
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Lady Croissant
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Breathe Me
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Sunday
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Don't Bring Me Down
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Soon We'll Be Found
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Numb
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Moon
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Day Too Soon
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Butterflies
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Rewrite
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I Go To Sleep
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Little Black Sandals
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The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
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The Bully
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Natale's Song
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Sweet Potato
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Shoutbox
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marijolee wrote:
Her voice is so amazing. I can't even take it.
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ARGBDude wrote:
Sia and Britney??? oh noes...
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secretnumber wrote:
love the way she balances between indie and Britney--> Britney? what are u talking about? !
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frengermoy wrote:
Breathe Me makes me cry
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retroindiano wrote:
I love SIA !!! Awesome voice !!!
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sphingter wrote:
she one fone Aussie chick, really love the way she balances between indie and Britney, cool
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PrOlle90 wrote:
Natale's song is brilliant! Soo good!
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secretnumber wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDHoyhm2QQ fantastic perfomance<3
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igottrouble wrote:
you have been loved
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2raum wrote:
new song is awesome<3
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joyce88 wrote:
Soon we'll be found ♥
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secretnumber wrote:
You've Changed! that is the SHIT!!! [2]
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Bayou16 wrote:
new song killed me
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UnusualMe wrote:
You've changed da-da-dad daaaa ooo yea <3
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delightfulbrown wrote:
You've Changed! that is the SHIT!!!
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XR-2 wrote:
You've Changed (L)
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cassie_blftd wrote:
Eww.
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Mandusia wrote:
Broken Biscuit <3
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netoyank wrote:
Sia herself leaked a new song today via Twitter (@siamusic)! Her version of "You've Changed" is amazing and it's part of her new album "We Are Born". Download link (remove the spaces): sendspace . com / file / 9qyn0h
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darkenlight wrote:
Sia + Six Feet Under=TRUE masterpiece
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Dec
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Sia
The Hi-Fi Bar, Brisbane, Australia
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Homebake - The Fifteenth Year
The Domain, Sydney, Australia
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| 55 attendees
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Dec
10
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Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
3 shouts
| 23 attendees
News
*** Australian Tour Tickets Selling Like Hot Cakes ***
4 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/siamusic
If you haven't got 'em already, you better be quick to buy the few remaining tickets for Sia's tour Down Under in November and December as they're flying out of the ticket office faster than the eye c. …
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16 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/siamusic
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