For Brooklyn-based songwriter/singer Domino Kirke, the entertainment industries have served as a formative part of her life. Though she is known both as the daughter of Simon Kirke, drummer for bands including Free and Bad Company, and sister to actresses Jemima and Lola, Domino has forged her own path in music. Heralded by Vogue as a “new kind of triple threat” for her work in music and her role as a mother and a Doula, Domino has held an active place in the New York music scene for well over a decade. A graduate of the prestigious LaGuardia High School’s classical voice and piano programs, Domino signed her first record deal with producer, Andres Levin’s label, Fun Machine, after being discovered at the historic Joe’s Pub at age 16. A few years later, she was discovered by Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Adele) along with bandmate Jordan Galland, with whom she formed DOMINO. The prominent indie pop band toured for three years with bands including Lily Allen and Gang of Four and was featured on Lena Dunham’s breakout film “Tiny Furniture.”
After taking time away from music following the birth of her son in 2009, Domino returned to music in 2013 with her first solo EP, titled The Guard, produced by Timo Ellis and Jorge Elbrecht (Ariel Pink, Japanese Breakfast). Domino followed The Guard with her EP “Independent Channel” in 2014, and most recently released her first album “Beyond Waves” in August 2017, produced by Joan Wasser (Joan as Police Woman) and engineered by Daniel Schlett (Modest Mouse, Oberhofer, DIIV). In support of her records, Domino will continue to be touring in 2018 and 2019 to support the LP and new projects.
Glide is thrilled to premiere “Teething” from Kirke (below), a woozy and lush number that recalls the ethereal indie folk of Feist and Sharon Van Etten. Kirke snags listeners’ ears from the early tinkering of acoustic guitar to moaning strings that build to a resounding warmth.
“I wrote “Teething” when I was coming into my motherhood. It was a demo I eventually released quietly,” describes Kirke. “I was entering a new relationship with myself, one where I couldn’t jump ship. It was a painful time. It’s a song about self-love and self-trust. I wanted to tell my son and his father that I would never leave them, that it was us against the world. But when the song was finished, I realized those lyrics messages were really for the young mother in me. I wrote the song with Timo Ellis, an old friend and musical mentor.”
Photo by Shervin Lainez
