The Cornshed Sisters + Lucas Renney + George Frakes

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THE CORNSHED SISTERS
Newly signed to the quality Memphis Industries label, Tyne & Wear quartet The Cornshed Sisters celeberate the launch of their first single "Dance At My Wedding" which is released today (13 Feb). Their rather cool debut album 'Tell Tales' follows in April.
The Cornshed Sisters are not bioloigical siblings but to hear them it does sound like they have the a father who sang like an angel and by a Mother who loved the devil’s music. Guitar pop, folk tales, protest songs, country music, piano ballads and gospel must have all gone into the same soup from which these women supped.
Although unified in their musical tastes, as songwriters and interpreters The Cornshed Sisters display a healthy disregard for unity of subject matter (reminiscent perhaps of Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell or Richard and Linda Thompson). In these songs the ladies tackle waterbabies, beekeeping, marriage, soothsayers, men in sequined suits, making pies out of people and the axis of love and bombs. And, there’s some unusual stuff too.
Drawing on a palette of vocals and assorted acoustic instruments they convey these ideas with sensitivity and humour. Their four distinctive yet sympathetic voices range far and wide, recalling the emotive tangles of The Band as often as the choral elegance of The Roches.
http://www.facebook.com/thecornshedsisters

LUCAS RENNEY
Lucas Renney is a singer-songwriter from Sunderland. He first came to prominence as lead singer and songwriter of XL Recordings artists The Golden Virgins, who split in 2006.
More recently he mad an album for Brille Records, which was produced by ex-Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde, the album and features Paul Alexander and McKenzie Smith from Midlake on bass and drums alongside Bella Union’s Stephanie Dosen on backing vocals. Some of the rave reviews for that record include:
“Gently-does-it genius…9/10” – NME
“Strikingly beautiful songs from the darkside…4/5” – UNCUT
“William Blake meets The Cocteau Twins in this captivating debut…4/5” – THE OBSERVER
“Songs as gloriously mournful as any ever written about heartbreak and lost love…4/5” - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
“We recommend its twilit delights to anyone who enjoyed that fantastic John Grant record from earlier this year” -THE WORD
http://www.myspace.com/lucasrenney

GEORGE FRAKES
Since releasing his debut EP 'Ghost Of The Girl' in early 2011, Georgre has become a much sought after figure on the London folk scene.
With songs that simulatneaously chill your bones and warm your soul, George also does a mean finger-picked guitar and possesses a voice that sits nicely within the realms of the likes of John Martyn and Nick Drake.
http://www.georgefrakes.co.uk