A Catherine Traicos Australian Tour 2013 has been announced, hitting the road this December with her talented band, The Starry Night, to celebrate the release of a new album.
The second album from Catherine Traicos and The Starry Night is The Earth, The Sea, The Moon, The Sky – out 29th November through An Ocean Awaits Records – who are announcing a short but sweet tour to coincide with the new release, which follows on from 2011’s highly acclaimed Gloriosa, and Traicos’ fifth release to date.
There’s always been something special about Catherine Traicos. The mix of strength and fragility she brings to her music resonates deeply and truthfully. Since her first release Gone back in 2008, Traicos’ voice and songwriting have been captivating and intriguing many of the people who have heard her albums and seen her perform.
Voted Female Artist of the Year in Unpaved’s 2012 Readers Poll, her previous releases have also scored a number of coveted Album of the Week and Month gongs in various media outlets, both in Australia and the US.
For The Earth, The Sea, The Moon, The Sky Catherine Traicos and The Starry Night threw themselves into writing the songs on this album. Combining their different musical backgrounds and personalities into one creative vision was exciting for everyone involved, and the end result has pleased them all.
Swirling and flowing with a mesmerising, almost hypnotic quality The Earth, The Sea, The Moon, The Sky seductively engages the listener. Permeating throughout its 11 tracks are a pulsing sense of drama and an almost filmic grandeur, luring you deeper and deeper into its dark and dream-like world, slowly divulging the stories of the characters that exist within.
The Earth, The Sea, The Moon, The Skyis not a concept album but it is a real album whose beauty can only be fully realised when listening to it as a whole, so completely do the songs augment and accentuate one another.
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While it is possible to point to musical influences: from the blues of Skip James, the picked guitar of Maybelle Carter, the psychedelia of the late sixties and the ethereal shoegaze of acts like Mazzy Starr and Cowboy Junkies, it is far harder to unpick these elements so seamlessly do they meld. It is indeed a genre-defying work.
While technology and commerce are pushing musicians to release only singles, the return to the full album form is a phenomenon being embraced by many artists who are not swayed by public or business expectations but instead stay true to their muse, and to their listeners. Catherine Traicos and the Starry Night’s 2013 offering falls into this unique category. Something is afoot here, something special and lovely.
Be sure to catch Catherine & The Starry Night when they tour in December.
Catherine Traicos Australian Tour 2013
The Earth, The Sea, The Moon, The Sky Tour Dates
Presented by An Ocean Awaits, Tone Deaf, & The Music
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 – The Spotted Mallard
314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056
Tickets: $10 at the door
SUNDAY DECEMBER 8 – Pure Pop Records (Catherine Solo)
221 Barkly St, St Kilda Vic 3182
Free entry, 5pm start
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13 – Petersham Bowls Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham NSW 2049
Tickets: $10 at the door
SATURDAY DECEMBER 21 – The Rosemount Hotel
Appearing at “A Not So Silent Night”
459 Fitzgerald St, North Perth WA
SUNDAY DECEMBER 22 – Fremantle Arts Centre
“Courtyard Sessions”
1 Finnerty St, Fremantle WA 6959
Free entry, from 2pm
More info at: www.catherinetraicos.com
