DT: MAY 6, 2013
FR: LIBBY COFFEY/MSO
WATCH CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES
INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE
ON NBC TV’S “LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY”
DEBUT ALBUM ‘BABY CAUGHT THE BUS’ TO BE RELEASED
MAY 21 ON VANGUARD RECORDS
Watch Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes interview and performance on NBC TV’s “Last Call With Carson Daly.”
http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/clairy-browne-and-the-bangin-rackettes/n36372
Already breakout stars in their native Australia, Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes–who fuse soul, blues, doo-wop and R&B with Clairy’s powerful vocals and a pop-twist— have signed with U.S. label Vanguard Records who will release their debut album BABY CAUGHT THE BUS on May 21. In its first week at radio, their first single “Love Letter” was the #1 Most Added at Triple A Radio with airplay at Alternative stations across America as well. Expect the group that the New York Music Daily described as “the great long-lost collaboration between David Lynch and John Waters” (April 1, 2013) to appear on a forthcoming episode of NPR’s “Weekend Edition” and to announce a U.S. summer tour soon.
CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES and their debut album BABY CAUGHT THE BUS are gaining strong praise from the media. Bust magazine praised the album as “Big, soulful and undeniably retro” (March 2013). The LA Record hailed in a live review, “The entire band gave us a show full of sultry ballads and clap-a-long jams. The new single ‘Love Letter’ was a highlight as was the killer encores with great sax solos by Darcy McMulty. Browne won me over with the medley of ‘The Boy Is Mine/She Plays Up to You’ which momentarily broke the 60s spell with a 90s guilty pleasure” (4/11/13). The New York Music Daily added this re the band’s explosive show: “Watching this band was like discovering the great long-lost collaboration between David Lynch and John Waters.” (April 1, 2013). The Patriot Ledger also lauded the young group’s “skillful blend of classic rhythm and blues, soulful jazz, blues and even some doo-wop vocal parts” (March 28, 2013).
http://clairybrowne.com
http://www.vanguardrecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ClairyBrowneandtheBanginRackettes
https://twitter.com/clairybrowne
MSO Press releases & Assets:
http://www.msopr.com/n/client-roster/clairy-browne-and-the-bangin-39-rackette
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Click here for BABY CAUGHT THE BUS high res cover art: http://msopr.com/files/clairybrowne.babycaughtthebus.jpg
Pictured above: Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes. Download photo: http://msopr.com/files/clairybrowne_pr1.JPG.
Official video for the first single “Love Letter:” http://youtu.be/irNtyaNHq5A
Bust magazine feature: http://msopr.com/files/bust_april_may_2013.pdf
About Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes:
Formed in 2009 over a mutual love of early rhythm n’ blues records and rock n’ roll, singer-songwriter Clairy Browne and her harmonizing group of rogue musicians The Bangin’ Rackettes began rehearsing in an abandoned coffin factory in the suburbs of Melbourne. Together the nine-piece band has come a long way thrilling both festival and club crowds alike with their young, modern take on classic soul, rhythm and blues, jazz and doo-wop which plays a large part in their broad multi-generational appeal. Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes—Clairy Browne (vocals), Camilla (vocals), Loretta Miller (vocals), Ruby Jones (vocals), Jules “Crazy Legs” Pascoe (bass guitar), Darcy McNulty (baritone sax), Gabriel Strango (Piano), Peter Bee (guitar) and Ricky Martyn (drums).
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For Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes, contact:
Libby Coffey/MSO
818-380-0400 x224
LCoffey@msopr.com
For Vanguard Records, contact:
Lucy Sabini 310-829-9355 x137
lsabini@vanguardrecords.com