Cashmere Iron Sounds @ The Shell with Clare Bowditch
Saturday 19th March, 2011
About Sounds at the Shell - Tix on sale Monday 21st February
How do you bring acts like this to town without support from community minded organisations. Huge, big, enormous thanks to Cashmere Iron, Esperance Showbizz and Little Creatures for getting on board and sponsoring this event!!Clare Bowditch is the headline act at the Cashmere Iron 'Sounds @ the Shell'. Gate opens 4pm, kicking off at 4:30pm with support acts Hailee Blackburn, Firehorse, Poison Creek, The White Orca's and Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill with Clare on stage at 8:30pm.
Tickets $35 pre sale from 21st Feb to 11th March, $40 after that. Pre sale available at Spinning Wheel, Dempster St, Esperance from Monday 21st Feb or call them on 9071 1938 to book and pay over the phone.
Venue Esperance Soundshell, Museum Village, Dempster St. This is a LICENSED event - wine, Little Creatures beers and cider, pre-mixes available, definitely no BYO, no dogs. Food available from 5pm.Special thanks to Katie @ Island View Apartments, Quinny and Kerry @ Clearwater Apartments, Tash and Carl @ All Seasons for their support with accommodation for the band - you rock!
About Clare
It was a long time coming, but Clare Bowditch's fourth studio album, 'Modern Day Addiction' was very much worth the wait.
Modern Day Addiction is a contagious, satirical, yet heart-achingly tender album about humanity and "the eternal search for meaning" in a world of quick, delicious fixes.
It stands as a companion on the journey for anyone who's ever asked the question "Surely there must be more?" followed by the statement "If so, great, I'll pop back for it once I've finished reading this article about absolute-rubbish-that-somehow-has-me-transfixed-to-the-screen...everyone SHUT UP! I'm concentrating..."
As Clare tells it (and who knows if she's telling the truth? Have you noticed how all her stories these days begin with "I woke up one morning"?)
"I woke up one morning and my heart was broken (just in the usual, everyday way) and all I wanted was a muffin, and a tall glass of combined coffee and Jagermeister, even though I was neither hungry, nor thirsty, which prompted the thought 'Hmm, how very interesting! Perhaps there's an album in here somewhere?' Thus began my extensive and exhaustive research-project into the topic of 'Everyday Addiction and the Human Condition'. Oh the reading list was endless, I tell you, I've barely left the local-newsagency since..."
In a most enjoyable and surprising way, Modern Day Addiction also aims to celebrate and question the modern world that produced it.
The only way to tell a story THIS BIG is to gather a "chops-heavy" band of eight around you (aka The New Slang) including three incredible back-up singers (Clare's oft-referred to Lady Garden), a small plane-full of instruments, sing-along lyric sheets, and hit the road. Hard.
