Not for Children

Aucklander Chelsea Nikkel a.k.a. pianist and vocalist Princess Chelsea, is the Guardian’s recommended ‘New Band’ for 1 June. “Princess Chelsea is the solo project of Nikkel, a classically trained pianist and former member of ‘circus punk’ act Teen Wolf. Lil’ Golden Book, Princess Chelsea’s debut album, out this autumn, is a collection of magical, musical morality tales – complete with 15-page booklet – delivered with not so much a vague air of menace as an atmosphere of creeping, smothering unpleasantness. Fact is, you probably shouldn’t play this stuff to children, or anxious adults.”