PINEY GIR

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Tuesday 30 June @ The Lexington (Goo Nite)

PINEY GIR
Piney Gir, sometime electronic exotica lover (Peakahokahoo); genuine all-American country girl (The Piney Gir Country Roadshow), returns to the musical fray with her most accomplished album to date… The Yearling.

An ambitious and darling blend of her inspired songwriting and deft way with genre, The Yearling combines delicate heartbreak folk (The Weeping Machine) with straight to the bop pop (Say I'm Sorry), whilst plying her way with a campfire narrative (Miss Havisham) and all of it dipped in the gal's never less than pin-sharp eye for a great story about the wanderings of the heart.

Pulling in a parade of collaborators spanning country slides, orchestral strings, found sounds, saw playing food gurus and, hush! even a celebrity appearance on a love-gone-wrong duet, this is Piney's most dazzling record yet. Quite a cocktail… the simple structures of her country record with a shot of heartbreak that comes from the moonshine of life’s own harsh still. The Yearling fuses cutting edge production taking a nod from German electronica, spanning its way to warm 70s FM radio with a loving how-do-you-do to musique concrète.

Piney Gir and the Age of Reason (feat. The Reasonettes) debuted tracks from the new album at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and will be touring later in the year. She's been a star of the bill at Glastonbury, Big Chill, Bestival, Truck and too many more festivals to mention, a dash of cheering gingham and frothy petticoats amid the UK summer field days.

SANDRA AND THE MEMORY MACHINE
Sandra and The Memory Machine: On her own words: "My name is Sandra Marie. I come from Australia but my family's histoire started in Croatia. I started writing when I was a wee lassie and have made good use of the vocal chords that I have been born with. I also play the ukulele. I love the ukulele, I love Magnetic Fields and and they use ukulele. So did Marilyn Monroe and David Byrne and to me both are very cool. IT's TRUE, I have yet to learn "When I'm Cleaning Windows". It's fun being in charge of The Memory Machine. It involves at least two 70's space synths and some kick ass rhythm. Some call it FOLKTRONICA, to me SANDRA AND THE MEMORY MACHINE is still a mystery but that is a good thing. I ain't afraid to say that it's very primal and magical. Come along some time, perhaps you'll feel better afterwards."
www.myspace.com/sandrathememorymachine


HELENE
She's an truly talented singer from London, with a voice to die for. You know when one throws some Velvet & Mazzy Star references into one's song, no way something wrong can come out. For fans of Belle and Sebastian, Nico and Hope Sandoval.
www.myspace.com/helenetheband