Space Girl: Gabriella Cilmi is “On A Mission”

by Bradley Stern
filed under: Amy Winehouse, Anastacia, Dallas Austin, Gabriella Cilmi, Greg Kurstin, Little Boots, Noisettes, Shingai Shoniwa, Xenomania

Move over, Little Boots–there’s a new space-age disco diva in town.

Gabriella Cilmi, the 18-year old Aussie songstress responsible for last year’s “Sweet About Me” has returned to Earth. Well, sort of.

“On A Mission” is a hectic, intergalactic neo-disco rave, where Cilmi’s raspy vocals (a kind of crossbreed between Anastacia, the Noisettes‘ Shingai Shoniwa and Amy Winehouse) are tacked onto a glitzy, ’80′s synthesized beat. Add a spritz of Little Boots’ geometric fixation and a dash of low budget ’50′s sci-fi camp, and there you have it: Cilmi 2.0.

The young singer’s sophomore album Ten is due out on March 22, with production credits from the likes of Xenomania, Greg Kurstin, and Dallas Austin. Odds of brilliance? You do the math.

pixel Space Girl: Gabriella Cilmi is On A Mission

  • Elian

    Bradley I think you should check out the band Chew Lips! I think youre going to love them. Its 80′s synth greatness http://www.myspace.com/chewlips

  • tess

    Just awful a mixture between Gaga and Cheryl Cole .
    Anastacia would knock her out of the ball bark with one note .

  • eliza dare

    why do i keep hearing about chris braide every label i have a meeting at? who is this guy? he’s not on these records?

  • julia

    ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
    MOVE OVER LITTLE BOOTS??!?!!
    ALL HER IMAGERY IS COPYING LITTLE BOOTS SO OBVIOUSLY IT’S UNREAL
    IF YOU THINK SHE’S THE NEW THING
    YOUR CRAZY
    COMPARE VIDEOS
    GABRIELLA IS A WANABE