The O'Lovelys - Featured Artist - March 2008

Indie Pop
www.myspace.com/theolovelys
Contact: Laura Lee

Christchurch indie popsters The O'Lovelys are CHART's Featured artist for March 2008. At the core of The O'Lovelys is the dynamic duo of Laura Lee (vocals/synth) and Brooke (keys), collaborators since lunch money days at Hagley Community College. Laura Lee's opera-trained voice is powerful enough to make vultures cry and gargoyles dance with Brooke's ballerina-elegant key work providing a foundation most divine. Supplementing the sound is resident guitar hero Lee Devenish and bringing up the rear is Matt Scobie (ex Black Market Art) on drums, laying down rhinoceros-heavy beats with surgical precision. By their powers combined, they are captains of the O'Lovelys ship and just recently they let the wind in their sails, pointed themselves towards Wellington to record their debut album with Andrew Downes Trident Studios and went hard for starboard. The rest of the 07/08 summer was spent recording at All Plastic Studios with Marcus Winstanley, Jo Veale at Lichfield St and... in Brooke's shed and Laura Lee's bed room. The result is a diverse and endearing selection of pop rock.

Download your free copy of The O'Lovely's 1st single Stop It here
for the month of March 2008.

Be at The Jetset Lounge on Thurs 13 March for The O'Lovelys album release party - $7 or $20 with album.

The O'Lovelys hit the ground running like always, with every note of every instrument ringing as potently as a heart attack and with every syllable out of Laura Lee's throat going right for the jugular. The perfect mix of style and substance, tragedy and comedy, rock and some very dynamic roll (c/o Cliche Guevara - Canta Sep 07).

Band Members
Laura Lee Watson - Vox Synth
Brooke Singer - Piano
Matt Scobie - Drums
Lee Devenish - Guitar

Track listing
* OH NO
* STOP IT
* CLOCKS
* SCATTERBRAIN
* STREETS
* HEART ATTACK
* BLACK STITCH
* WHERE YOU GO
* SPACE SUITS

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Tandem Voice Booth Interview
Drummer Matt Scobie talks to Cam Carpenter about their recent national tour and album release here.

Live performance footage is available on YouTube.
Be sure to check out your new favourite band at www.myspace.com/theolovelys.

All Tracks Mixed by Marcus Winstanley apart from "Clocks" which was mixed by Andrew Downes.
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Trident Studios

All songs written by Laura Lee Watson and Brooke Singer
Produced and arranged by The O'Lovelys.

Buy it now from Real Groovy or directly from The O'Lovelys - theolovelys@gmail.com

www.myspace.com/theolovelys
www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/artists

Big thanks to Cam and our friends at The Tandem Voice Booth.