KATE Nash has just returned to London from Los Angeles, where she has been writing and recording songs for her third album, and she cant stop talking about how much she loves the place.

It was amazing, we stayed in this old nunnery in this huge park. Its owned by an interior designer and antiques dealer so it was full of crazy taxidermy stuff and there were two huge guard dogs, she explained at about one hundred miles an hour.

It was inspirational to be able to create music and work in that big space and then muck around with my girlfriends in the evening and have parties and stuff.

The happy-go-lucky singer, who shot to fame in 2007 when her debut album Made Of Bricks went to number one, is embarking on a short intimate tour, during which she will give fans a sneak peak of songs from the new album.

The Faster Pussycat Run Run Tour stops at the Boileroom in Guildford on Friday, June 29, a venueNash admitted she had never played before, but which is a familiar place for her all-girl backing band, Emma Hughes (bass), Carmen Vandenberg (guitar) and Fern Ford (drums), who hail from the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM).

My manager went to ACM and she knew a lot people there. Before my tour last year, she suggested we looked there for a backing band. I saw and then interviewed a few musicians and I knew straight away the ones that I wanted, and they have been great and now theyre like my best friends, she beamed.

Although the new album will have Nashs recognisable quirky lyrics, the 24-year-old admitted it was quite a departure from her last album, My Best Friend Is You, and its predecessor.

Its a lot more angsty. Ive written everything on the bass. Its still about my feelings but its a bit more out there like a punch in the face, the musician explained. Musically it really comes from my gut.

And its not just her music that has had an overhaul, her image is also a lot more gritty than when she burst onto the pop scene, and she has also landed herself acting roles in two feature films.

My image has changed so I do look quite different. I think people recognised me before for my red hair, but thats gone now and Im browny/blonde, she said.

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Kate Nash heads for Guildford's Boileroom