Kevin Bronson on April 8th, 2014

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As fans have seen throughout her teenage growth spurt, Chloe Chaidez is a changeling. Fronting L.A. quartet Kitten, Chaidez – now all of 19 – can play ferocious rocker girl, electro-pop starlet, angsty confessor and New Wave princess with equal aplomb, making the foursome’s live shows a spectacle of surprises. When Kitten’s self-titled debut album finally comes out June 24 (via Elektra), it figures to have a smattering of everything. The latest tease from the album, the restrained “Why I Wait,” recalls a lot of production-obsessed singers (Nylon name-checked Banks and Charli XCX). As with the songs from Kitten’s three EPs, it makes for grand theater.

||| Stream: “Why I Wait”

||| Previously: Favorite EPs of 2013; “Japanese Eyes,” “Cut It Out,” “Cut It Out” video, live at the Hammer Museum (2010); early interview.

||| Also: After the jump, check out the video for “Money” (featuring Ariel Pink):