Jose Vanders

There's a Kate Nash clone on the scene. Another London-accented songstress to join the clan. Last.fm offered me "Faces Going Places" by Jose Vanders as something which might appeal to me if I like Kate Nash (which Last.fm of course knows I do). It did appeal to me, immediately, but at the same time it sounded almost a little too much like Miss Nash.

Vanders even does the, by now Nash-trademark, "ro-oh-oh-oad" staccato chopping up of words, but despite Vanders' young age (she's a mere 18), I'm not sure who came first. They appear to have both released albums (Vanders an EP) in 2007. According to her MySpace blog she now works at HMV on Oxford Street - so she hasn't hit the big time yet, but she has a very impressive-looking website already and her own merchandise.