The SoundLounge

Select Music, The SoundLounge and Bleach* Co-presents …

Paper Kites

After bursting into the hearts of the nation earlier this year whilst on tour with Josh Pyke, Melbourne folk band The Paper Kites are ready to embark on their first ever East Coast headline tour in February 2012! “The Woodland Tour” will see the band touring through NSW, VIC and QLD, playing songs from their debut EP “Woodland”. Throughout November they will be joining Boy & Bear on the road for an epic 16 date tour, and after selling out The Corner Hotel in Melbourne earlier this year, “The Woodland Tour” will be a unique opportunity to see the band in intimate rooms. The Woodland EP is out now and available for purchase on iTunes and through all good record stores.

Kate Martin

Since the release of her debut album in June last year, Kate Martin has been living outside of her musical comfort zone. After becoming known as a solo folk artist with an acoustic guitar, Kate formed (and re-formed) a band to start playing her own unique brand of experimental pop. The reason for this change was not some life-changing event, although there were more than enough of those. It wasn’t due to a lack of success - quite the opposite - the album received good radio airplay and press coverage, a finalist in a number of songwriting competitions, and was used in TV shows, short films and commercials. The catalyst for the turnaround was the chance discovery of an old Stratocaster in a junk shop in her home town of Townsville. After haggling the price down and falling in love with a new guitar sound, Kate began her transformation. The result of over 18 months writing and recording, Kate’s second album features lush, complex instrumentation and layered harmonies complementing Kate’s harp-like fingerpicking guitar.

Apples is the first single from Kate’s new album, due in February 2012.