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Kitty Liv

Easy Tiger

    Kitty Liv has fired up music lovers around the globe from a very early age, co-fronting family band ‘Kitty, Daisy & Lewis’ selling over a quarter of a million records. The band toured the world numerous times, gaining fans by the likes of Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and Coldplay. She is now gearing up to storm an even broader fan base with a solo album project that marks a completely different direction for her.

    As a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Kitty is resonating with a more expansive set of her influences, from Erykah Badu and D’Angelo to Al Green and blues legend Howlin’ Wolf, to produce a body of personal songs that evoke the primal depths of Soul, Gospel blues & Rock and Roll. There's a deeper vocal riding over the songs, almost channeling her demons. Kitty has been developing her ideas over several years and is currently capturing some stunning performances in the studio.

    Born and bred in Camden Town, Kitty lives and breathes music, founding Durham Sound Studios and collaborating with other musicians and artists, to capture magical moments on sparkling analogue recordingE gear. When someone has been playing music, recording and writing from the age of seven, it’s only a matter of time before they take a quantum leap into a new paradigm.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Barry says: Kitty Liv's 'Easy Tiger' follows on from her huge success in Kitty, Daisy & Lewis with an album that swims with soul and melody, landing somewhere between Bluegrass and lounge music. It's perfectly paced throughout, with build-up of tension and huge crescentic builds fading into brittle country ballads and tender campfire folk.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Sweet Dreams
    2. Neck On The Line
    3. Comin' Up
    4. Nothing On My Mind (But You Babe)
    5. The River That Flows
    6. The Sun And The Rain
    7. The Doctor
    8. Lately
    9. Passing You By
    10. Keep Your Head Up High

    Rhoda Dakar

    I Don't Mind / Dub Don't Mind

      Following her triumphant album 'Version Girl', Rhoda Dakar is back with another fabulous cover of ''I Don't Mind', originally recorded by Buzzcocks. As always the beautiful artwork has been created by Sheffield's finest Pete McKee.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. I Don't Mind
      2. Dub Don't Mind

      Plastic Mermaids

      It's Not Comfortable To Grow

        The Independent - 5 star Glastonbury set review “Making their Glastonbury review, IOW collective Plastic Mermaids are a joy to behold at the Croissant-Neuf stage.” New single 'Girl Boy Girl' Girl Boy Girl is an uncomfortable place, an unspoken awkwardness and tension. Always convoluting, never resolving. Just like this perpetual frustration when a relationship isn’t right but none has the language or understanding to fix it. And then thinking that adding a 3rd party to the mix is going to solve the problems…oh dear. We took some inspiration from the song ‘Night Call’ on the Drive soundtrack and also some of the slower Daft Punk tunes. Kinda wanted it to feel like something you’d stick on cruising in your car after dark in the 80’s. It has been two years since Plastic Mermaids released their critically acclaimed debut ‘Suddenly Everyone Explodes’, and now they return to spread some eagerly awaited blissed out joy with new single Disco Wings & b side Environmental with their second album due next year. The band have been working hard in the studio teaming up with producer Ant Whiting, who has worked with the likes of MIA, John Newman and Lana De Ray, in what proved to be an exciting mix of creative ideas.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. It's Not Comfortable To Grow
        2. Girl Boy Girl
        3. Disposable Love
        4. It's Pretty Bad
        5. Environmental
        6. Life's A Colourful Thing When You Look At It Right
        7. Disco Wings
        8. Marbles
        9. Something Better
        10. Elastic Time

        JW Francis

        Wanderkid

          JW Francis burst onto the scene with his critically acclaimed debut ‘We Share a Similar Joy’, with features from DIY and Line of Best Fit to being named Album of The Day on BBC 6 Music. His warm, affable melodies and comforting lyrics earned him fans on both sides of the Atlantic, and now he returns with his sophomore album Wanderkid, a concept album about a wandering anti-hero.

          Wanderkid hones in on JW’s dreamy soundscapes and explores themes of escapism, whilst still maintaining that sense of comfort and intimacy so beautifully demonstrated in his debut. To celebrate the release, JW is going on a 2,000 mile walking journey across the Eastern United States along the Appalachian Trail.

          With Wanderkid, JW Francis is further cementing his place as a future stalwart in the alternative New York scene.

          TRACK LISTING

          SIDE A
          1. John, Take Me With You
          2. I Love You
          3. Maybe
          4. Make Another Record
          5. Only With You
          6. Holy Mountain

          SIDE B
          1. WANDERKID
          2. Don't Fall Apart
          3. Fake It Till You Make It
          4. I'm Probably A Ghost
          5. Cars


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