EMELI SANDE/Our Version Of Events: Available June 5th, 2012

EMELI SANDE

OUR VERSION OF EVENTS

6.5.12

2012 debut album from the British singer/songwriter. Sandé first became known to the public eye after she featured on rapper Chipmunk's third single, "Diamond Rings", which gained herself and Chipmunk a first Top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart. In 2010, she appeared on Wiley's "Never Be Your Woman", which became another Top 10 hit. She has written for a number of artists, including Cher Lloyd, Parade, Susan Boyle, Preeya Kalidas, Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, and Tinie Tempah.

REBECCA FERGUSON/Heaven: Available May 29th, 2012!

REBECCA FERGUSON

HEAVEN

5.29.12

Debut from the X Factor finalist with the smoky Neo-Soul voice. Rebecca Ferguson began working on her major-label debut in early 2011, mere weeks after becoming the show’s 2010 runner-up. Heaven sketches out a soulful sound similar to Duffy and Corrine Bailey Ray. Ferguson puts her own stamp on the music by co-writing every track, including the lead single 'Nothing’s Real But Love.' Most X Factor finalists load their debut albums with cover songs and schmaltzy ballads; Ferguson, an established songwriter as well as a singer, proves there are other avenues worth exploring.

HALEY REINHART/Listen Up!: Available May 22nd, 2012!

HALEY REINHART

LISTEN UP!

5.22.12

2012 debut album from the Illinois native who won over American Idol viewers with her unique, standout performances and jazzy vocal style as a Season 10 finalist. For fans of Adele, Any Winehouse, Corinne Baily Rae, Joss Stone, Duffy, and American Idol.



CHERRI BOMB/This Is The End Of Control: Available May 15th, 2012!

CHERRI BOMB

THIS IS THE END OF CONTROL

5.15.12

2012 album from the all girl teen Alt-Rock band. Having already played major summer festivals across Europe and Australia, and garnered the glowing endorsements of Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins (with whom they toured) and ex-Hole drummer Samantha Maloney, Cherri Bomb are poised to win the hearts and clenched teeth of fans of all ages who cherish melodic hard rock with plenty of kick. Based on just their 2011 five-song EP Stark, which included the ripping album track "Let it Go," and their roof-rattling live show, Revolver called Cherri Bomb "rollicking Runaway rock and roll - like the Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen hijacking the Foo Fighters," and the British rock weekly Kerrang! ranked them one of the "10 New Bands You Need To See," adding that Cherri Bomb "prove very loudly that you're never too young to pick up a guitar and thrash out!" This is the End of Control was produced by Red Decibel and Bobby Huff and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge ("Let It Go" mixed by Neal Avron).

COLD SPECKS/I Predict A Graceful Expulsion: Available May 22nd, 2012!

COLD SPECKS

I PREDICT A GRACEFUL EXPULSION

5.22.12

Cold Specks is 24-year-old Canadian artist Al Spx. Listen to I Predict A Graceful Expulsion, the debut album from Cold Specks, and you're transported to the Deep South, to the Ozarks and Appalachians, to the stirring songs of chain gangs, and to Harlem at the very point where blues met soul. Describing her sound as Doom Soul, Cold Specks music is the sound of struggle and strife brought up to date, packing all the power and potency of a voice that seems to stop time.

SOULSAVERS/The Light The Dead See: Available May 2nd, 2012!

SOULSAVERS

THE LIGHT THE DEAD SEE

5.22.12

2012 follow-up to their critically acclaimed album Broken (2009). Soulsavers, the music and production team of Rich Machin and Ian Glover have been a growing force since 2003's debut Tough Guys Don't Dance. 2007's It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land brought their dark flair to a wider audience. In 2009, third album Broken confirmed that Soulsavers were moving away from early electronica to earthier guitars, use of space and what Machin described as "a soulful twist".

ROBERT FRANCIS/Strangers In The First Place: Available May 22nd, 2012!

ROBERT FRANCIS

STRANGERS IN THE FIRST PLACE

5.22.12

Robert Francis began taking piano lessons before his toes could reach the foot pedals. When he was seven years old, his mother encouraged him to learn guitar so he could play the traditional ranchera songs she'd grown up singing with her sisters. Two years later, Ry Cooder gave him his first guitar, a vintage National Steel. In his teens Red Hot Chili Pepper's John Frusciante took him on as his only student and a few years later, he released his first album One by One at nineteen. His second album Before Nightfall, included the song, Junebug which became a commercial success in Europe. Strangers in the First Place, his new release and first for Vanguard Records, represents a breathtaking artistic leap for the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.