The last we heard of Kate Nash, she was being mercilessly mocked for her release of ‘Underestimate The Girl,’ a song she’d written and recorded in 24 hours which unfortunately resembled a Smack The Pony parody of a 90s Riot Grrl track.
Now she’s getting all political on us following the two-year prison sentence handed out today to Russian punk trio Pussy Riot for ‘hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.’
Sir Paul McCartney, Bjork and Madonna have all recently expressed their support for the band, whose conviction comes after they performed a song criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin on the altar of an Orthodox cathedral.
However, the ‘Foundations’ singer is one of the first to try and instigate any action in protest of the guilty ruling, posting several messages on Twitter this afternoon calling for politicians to get involved in spearheading their release.
Just because the ‘excitement’of the trial is over doesn’t mean we stop fighting.Speaking to other members of the music community today…
— Kate Nash (@katenash) August 17, 2012
Any politicians that will meet with me tomorrow to help put pressure on putin to free these women I am available tomorrow all day.
— Kate Nash (@katenash) August 17, 2012
Please RT I wonder if David Cameron will come to the Russian embassy with me?
@number10gov— Kate Nash (@katenash) August 17, 2012
The 25-year-old continued to reveal her disgust with the verdict in an interview with the BBC:
“I think it’s important for artists to be opinionated and it just seems messed up to me that you do that and then you are shut down. I am an opinionated person and I want to challenge the world I live in and challenge the government if I don’t agree with them.
“It’s just terrible, the way they’ve been treated throughout the trial. It’s disgusting and it says a lot of sad things about this world we live in. It’s really messed up and really twisted.”
Kate Nash and David Cameron joining forces to protest against the jailing of a Russian punk trio? Stranger things have happened.
