What Katie Did Next
Waterford songsmith Katie Kim charmed us with her debut album Twelve. With the release of her 20-track follow-up Cover And Flood, we’re ready to be swept off our feet all over again.
Celina Murphy, 25 Jan 2012
“I have this preoccupation with the number 12,” Katie Kim confesses, an obvious nod to the critically-celebrated debut album which took the number as its title. “So I thought it would be good to release Cover And Flood in 2012.”
Forgive our impatience, but 2012 just seemed so far away when we first got word of the new record last July. Equally frustrating was having to wait half a year to learn the idea behind its mysterious title. I’ll have to keep on guessing – Katie says she’s just as much in the dark as I am.
“I can’t really explain it, it was just in my head and I don’t know why. Water was just a huge theme to me and whenever I gave the album to anyone, it reminded them of water for some reason. It’s the same with any song, people will always say, ‘What’s that song about?’ I can’t really tell you, it’s kind of like an exorcism of sorts, it just happens. It comes up in your head and you use it.”
We speak on one of the last days of 2011, just a few weeks after Ms. Kim (Ms. Sullivan to those who ask to see her passport) made her Later… With Jools Holland debut as guitarist with The Waterboys.
“It was great,” she beams. “I grew up watching Jools Holland and so did my family, so it was a bit surreal to find out that we would be going on it. Thinking about the many people who watch it, including my friends and everything, I thought that I would be a lot more nervous, but it ended up just becoming very relaxed, fun almost. It’s really more like a party than anything else.”
With collaborations with David Kitt, Halves and Mike Scott also tucked away under her belt, Sullivan is one of the busiest musicians we know. In the interim between album one and two, there have been plenty of tracks to keep fans entertained, including a tear-jerking version of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’.
“I actually recorded that, god, about seven years ago, while quite tanked up on wine and about 20 years of age but I just decided to put it up on SoundCloud this year. I was even a little apprehensive about putting it up online because it has been covered by so many people, but I love that song, I think it’s one of the best love songs ever written.”
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