Brighton, England's Kate Nash -- featured in the November issue of Spin -- took a few minutes with SPIN.com during her last trip through New York City to discuss her chart-busting debut set, Made of Bricks, and perform the album's most recent single, "Birds." Poised amidst Manhattan's skyline, Nash strums through a solo acoustic rendition of the soft, gorgeous tune, and later sits down for brief chat, in which she describes the driving force behind her music ("Having opinions and passion"), discovering and embracing punk music ("I don't give a shit if they're the best or not… just do something, be a part of a movement"), her sudden rise to fame ("It's quite exciting, new, confusing and amazing, and, you know, unexpected"), and naturally, her favorite band -- the Beatles. "I don’t really trust people who don't like them," says Nash.

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