Swing Out Sister | Beautiful Mess
Swing Out Sister Continues to Create Timeless Pop Soul on New Shanachie CD Beautiful Mess
There
are few artists in the pop music landscape who manage to stand the test
of time while remaining completely unique and relevant. Swing
Out Sister has managed to do this over their remarkable 20-plus year
career and as a result has built a devoted international fan base. On
May 19, 2009, Shanachie Entertainment will release Swing Out Sister's
highly anticipated ninth studio album, Beautiful Mess, showcasing the band's ability to create fresh cinematic sound-scapes with their sophisticated, intimate and jazz/Latin tinged pop and surprise-filled arrangements that pay homage to the great soul tradition.
Fronted by the stunning vocalist and fashionista Corinne Drewery and keyboardist Andy Connell, Swing Out Sister celebrates the eclectic cultural mix of the UK's constantly changing music scene on Beautiful Mess. With a clever mix of jazz fusion, hip hop hooks, sixties pop, 70's R&B/funk and free flowing Latin groves, Swing Out Sister, concocts the ultimate Beautiful Mess over a twelve track recording that gives a glimpse into the minds of two creative geniuses who never tire of finding new ways to make us dream through their music.
Fronted by the stunning vocalist and fashionista Corinne Drewery and keyboardist Andy Connell, Swing Out Sister celebrates the eclectic cultural mix of the UK's constantly changing music scene on Beautiful Mess. With a clever mix of jazz fusion, hip hop hooks, sixties pop, 70's R&B/funk and free flowing Latin groves, Swing Out Sister, concocts the ultimate Beautiful Mess over a twelve track recording that gives a glimpse into the minds of two creative geniuses who never tire of finding new ways to make us dream through their music.
Swing
Out Sister was formed in 1985 in Manchester, England by keyboardist
Andy Connell and drummer Martin Jackson, former members of the indie
bands A Certain Ratio and Magazine. They were
joined by singer Corinne Drewery, who had no prior professional
experience. Luckily her vocal sound and phrasing was a perfect match
for Swing Out Sister's vision, as evidenced on their first single,
"Blue Mood," and their breakthrough follow-up, "Breakout," which scored
a Top Ten hit in the UK, as well as in the U.S. In 1988, Swing Out Sister
was nominated for two Grammy Awards including ‘Best New Artist' and
‘Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group or Duo' for "Breakout."
Corinne's sophisticated sense of style and model good looks prompted Glamor Magazine to say, "Her crème fraiche voice and Breakfast At Tiffany's clothes may be the chicest things to MTV since Sade's braid." Swing Out Sister's hits followed with "Surrender" and "Twilight World," all taken from the album It's Better To Travel -which the band certainly did-earning them worldwide recognition. Kaleidoscope World,
their 1989 album, explicitly declared their debt to orchestrated
pop-soul by employing the arrangement skills of legendary Jim Webb,
whose work with The Fifth Dimension had greatly influenced the band. By
1992, Swing Out Sister, now down to Drewery and Connell, hit the pop
charts in the U.S. and UK with their cover of Barbara Acklin's "Am I
The Same Girl?," the vocal version of Young-Holt Unlimited's "Soulful
Strut."
After
several tours, the group enjoyed success in many countries, including
Japan, where in 1997 they received a Grand Prix award (Japanese
equivalent to a Grammy) for best international artists for their song "Now You're Not Here," featured on the album Shapes and Patterns. Throughout the 1990's, Swing Out Sister released a series of splendid albums that sustained their large, devoted following.
Shanachie released Swing Out Sisters critically acclaimed recordings Where Our Love Grows (2004) and Live (2005). Now with the release of Beautiful Mess,
Swing Out Sister confirms that they are here to stay and that their
creative powers are as vital as ever as they continue to bring
irresistible melodies, passion, originality and real music to serious
music fans.
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