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Label: Columbia
2010/6/21
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catching_a_Tiger

It will be released in the United States on 17 August 2010 on Fat Possum Records.

01.Record Collector
02.When I'm Alone
03.In Sleep
04.Bully
05.Little Lovin'
06.Stranger
07.Loosen The Knot
08.Cuckoo
09.Everywhere I Go
10.Worried About
11.Look Away
12.Oh Mississippi


Limited UK digipak pressing. 2010 release from the American singer/songwriter. In the spring of 2006 she moved to LA from Rhode Island and started her own night with musician friends at a bar called Crane's Hollywood Tavern in her neighborhood, which she named Beachwood Rockers' Society. Little by little, things seemed to come together; she recorded a five-track EP named Why You Runnin' with her friend Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses that caught something of a fire in the States last year. She headed to Nashville to record with Jacquire King (who was fresh from working with the Kings of Leon). What came out of it was the bulk of her debut album, Catching A Tiger; 12 songs that range from bluesy-folk to unfettered pop and showcase both her remarkable voice and her songwriting chops. Sony. 2010.Mojo (Publisher) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Her voice packs a punch, her songwriting is solid...[and the album] is bursting with confidence..."

Here is an artist I've been meaning to post about for some time now. The 27 year-old Illinois native Lissie who released her critically acclaimed debut EP "Why You Runnin'" last year. Has just released her debut album "Catching a Tiger" to the UK and will be releasing it to the US on August 17th!! Creating some buzz over her amazing covers to Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance" and Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" she is more then ready for the world to hear her. Lissie has one hell of a soulful voice and together with her alternative pop songs it's pure magic. Below you can check out her first single "When I'm Alone" and be sure to check out her YouTube page for more. Enjoy!!




◎鍾愛民謠、鄉村等傳統元素，追尋70年代搖滾的原始場景，同時隱藏靈魂比例的絕美女聲
◎找來Jacquire King(Kings Of Leon、Third Eye Blind)、Julian Emery(Boyzone)、Ed Harcourt(KT Tunstall)等各領域的製作高手齊力控盤
◎第一波主打〈In Sleep〉入選英國iTunes「Single Of The Week」

每年多如過江之鯽的歌壇新人，要如何才能吸引你的目光？這位沒有魔鬼般身材、野性的外表，多的卻是真誠嗓音、不添加太多調味劑的單純搖滾頻率、具有相當個性的才氣創作才女Lissie，成為2010年英美兩地引來各界驚嘆的女聲之一、鎂光燈的聚焦所在！鍾愛民謠、鄉村等傳統元素，追尋70年代搖滾的原始場景，同時隱藏靈魂比例的絕美聲頻，若錯過收藏Lissie的機會，是對於愛聽音樂的你一大損失！

也許在YouTube網路影音分享平台上，已經見識過Lissie翻唱超人氣女神Lady Gaga的〈Bad Romance〉迷人魅力，這都是古靈精怪Lissie放肆玩樂的餐前開胃菜。出生伊利諾州，全名Lissie Maurus的Lissie，父親是位醫師，母親則是專業的室內設計家，從小在優渥的環境下成長，同能盡情的沉溺於歌唱和音樂世界，9歲即擔任舞台劇Annie女主角。和DJ Harry合作出的歌謠〈All My Life〉，陸續現聲於「怪醫豪斯House」、「玩酷世代The O.C.」、「偵探小天后Veronica Mars」、「Wildfire」等熱門影集重點橋段裡頭。因友人介紹鬼才Lenny Kravitz參觀Lissie的MySpace個人網頁，大為喜愛的邀約擔任「Love Revolution」巡演開場嘉賓。與DJ Morgan Page聯手創作的〈The Longest Road〉，拿下美國舞曲榜第四名佳績，於獨立廠牌發行的EP《Why You Runnin'》大受好評之餘，終於吸引到SONY唱片目光，招攬旗下準備一展Lissie長才。

首張專輯《Catching A Tiger》，找來Jacquire King(Kings Of Leon、Third Eye Blind)、Julian Emery(Taylor Swift、Boyzone)、Ed Harcourt(KT Tunstall、Cat Stevens)等各領域的製作高手齊力控盤。深具媚惑嗓音鋪滿開場〈Record Collector〉，隨著後段情緒高漲的聲頻攀升，見識到Lissie收放自若的十足魔力；入選英國iTunes「Single Of The Week」的〈In Sleep〉，巧妙融合Blues和Folk元素，最後放任吉他Solo飆奏令人大呼過癮，勁道不減的呈上一支精彩主攻歌謠；前半部以鋼琴為主導，後半部則在樂團施壓圍攻，層次分明的〈Bully〉特別值得反覆玩味；時空轉移到60年代場景的〈Stranger〉，動用鄉野草根氣流，甜美可愛的讓你愛不釋手；整個流暢到底的旋律支撐〈Loosen The Knot〉、〈Cuckoo〉，風情萬種的渲染出獨特美感，挾帶大量的跳躍音符、生動節拍，很難不愛上Lissie！




We will be the first to admit and advise that it's really not worth the effort of resisting Lissie Maurus' particularly ingratiating charms. Last fall's engaging EP Why You Runnin' was a "folksy but thoughtful melding of hymnlike chamber pop with a touch of Americana charm" we opined, a collection of songs from a naturally gifted singer/songwriter that has now yielded a full-length debut of uncommon and unpretentious stature: Catching A Tiger, arriving first in the U.K. June 21 (Columbia) with a U.S. date to be announced via indie Fat Possum. In a stroke of profound luck, Lissie had already lined up in-demand producer Jacquire King fresh from his work with The Kings of Leon and the new songs that make up her vibrant new Tiger have a bluesy, soulful edge. Of course it doesn't hurt to have a rafter-shaking, effortlessly rapturous voice with what we've described as a "nicotine stained huskiness."

Echoes of Fleetwood Mac-period Stevie Nicks can be found in the "Chain"-like fervor of "In Sleep" while "Oh Mississippi" -- a holdover from the Runnin' EP -- has a back-porch rustic feel laying betwixt a gospel hymn and folk dirge. But it is the swirling new U.K. single "Here Before" that really ties all the loose ends together in a breathtaking gallop of propelled bass lines and tumultuous but nimble vocal power. A perfect summer song that's all about tightly wound tension and exhilarating release, this just might wind up as one of the year's very best. On tour in England now, look for a major fall roll out for Chasing A Tiger. Highly recommended.