Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, to use the name her musician parents gave her, already has a staggering track record. If her name itself - pronounced 'See-ah' - isn't familiar to millions, her voice undoubtedly is. In 2000, the Adelaide born singer scored a bolt from the blue Top 10 hit with her debut single, Taken For Granted. Pairing her unique Australian drawl with the strident strings from Prokofiev's 'Romeo & Juliet', the track was championed by Trevor Nelson and had Sia performing live on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show. Her debut album, 'Healing Is Difficult', arrived to similar cries of ??the next big R&B thing'. Then, to cap it all, she added her jazzy slurs to two tracks on Zero 7's Simple Things album and became the unmistakable voice of the year's coolest down-tempo soundtrack. All the pieces for a phenomenal career seemed to be in place. And then nothing. "I went a bit mental after that," she explains, before letting out a laugh that would stop traffic. "No seriously, I needed therapy and everything." She recovers her composure only long enough to explain that going from hero to zero left her confused and frustrated and that it was a really enjoyable time, those moments of feeling like a 'Coolio'! But sadly they've passed now. Brandishing both wicked humour and brutal honesty, it's sometimes hard to know exactly when Sia's joking. What is certain is that, with fragile beauty, a collaboration with Beck, and swathes of sensual soul-searching, 'Healing Is Difficult's long overdue follow-up, ???Colour The Small One, rekindles thoughts of an all conquering phenomenon and will surely make her a 'coolio' once again. From the lilting pianos and claustrophobic beats of 'Breathe Me', to 'Sunday's' enchanting harmonium and breathl
1 | Academia | Some People Have Real Problems |
2 | Breathe Me | Colour The Small One |
3 | I Go To Sleep | Some People Have Real Problems |
4 | Beautiful Calm Driving | Some People Have Real Problems |
5 | I'm In Here (Piano Vocal Version) | We Are Born (EU Edition) |
6 | The Co-Dependent | We Are Born (EU Edition) |
7 | You Have Been Loved | Some People Have Real Problems |
8 | Chandelier | 2015 Grammy Nominees |
9 | Mad Love | OnlySee |
10 | Fire Meet Gasoline | 1000 Forms of Fear |
11 | House On Fire | This Is Acting |
12 | Don't Get Me Started | OnlySee |
13 | Cheap Thrills | This Is Acting |
14 | One More Shot | OnlySee |
15 | Cloud | We Are Born (EU Edition) |
16 | Playground | Some People Have Real Problems |
17 | Broken Glass | This Is Acting |
18 | Move Your Body | This Is Acting |
19 | Cellophane | 1000 Forms of Fear |
20 | Bird Set Free | This Is Acting |