Kathleen Mary Lee is poised to become one of Australia’s most swiftly rising folk talents. With subtle hints of Lana Del Rey in her ghostly, noirish sound, Lee’s debut studio offering, ‘Fine Times’, is like a faded family film, bittersweet and nostalgic.

‘Fine Times’ tells a universal tale of attempting to accept a relationship’s failings whilst feeling dark inklings that in its absence, life will never be as good. Though the verses are forlorn and melancholic, the chorus offers a glimmer of hope.

Lee’s first craft is filmmaking, an art form that permeates her musical output. With a knack for storytelling (she obsessed over fairytales and literature as a child on her family’s farm), Lee’s songwriting is like being lost in a David Lynch or Wim Wenders work.

Working with Isaac Barter (Life Is Better Blonde, Canary), ‘Fine Times’ has proven to be more than just a fine song. It’s the first dispatch from what is sure to be one of the Australian folk scene’s most promising young artists.

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