Kathryn Ellison Kirby is a

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based American musician and singer-songwriter from Spicewood, Texas.

Early life

Kirby grew up as an evangelical Christian in Spicewood, Texas, where she was homeschooled and listened primarily to worship music. She attended college at Belmont University, where she majored in English.

Career

Kirby began releasing music in 2018, with the EP ''Juniper''. In May 2020, she shared a new recorded version of her song "Tap Twice". In late 2020, she announced plans to release her debut album and, along with the announcement, released the single "Traffic!" The album, ''Cool Dry Place'', came out on February 19, 2021, and became ''Stereogum'''s "Album of the Week". The album would eventually be included in a number of yearend best-albums-of-2021 lists, including those by ''Paste (magazine), Paste'', ''Our Culture Mag'', and ''Consequence (publication), Consequence of Sound''. In 2023, Kirby signed to Anti- (record label), ANTI- Records and announced her upcoming album, ''Blue Raspberry (album), Blue Raspberry'' out January 2024.

Personal life

Kirby currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Kirby is openly queer.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Cool Dry Place (album), Cool Dry Place'' (2021, Keeled Scales (record label), Keeled Scales) *''Blue Raspberry (album), Blue Raspberry'' (2024)

EPs

*''Juniper'' (2018, Keeled Scales)

References

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