Flip Grater - bio

Band : FLIP GRATER (NZ)

Album : WHILE I’M AWAKE I’M AT WAR

Die neuseeländische Singer / Songwriterin ist irgendwo in der Schnittmenge Eleni Mandell, Isobel Campbell, Stevie Nicks oder Carla Bruni einzuordnen. Ruhige, melancholische Songs im Spannungsfeld Americana - Singer/Songwriter - Indierock. WHILE I'M AWAKE I'M AT WAR ist ihr drittes Album.

Tracklist:  1 While I’m Awake I’m At War / 2 Burn It When I Die / 3 Find Me / 4 Careful / 5 Golden Trinket (So Long) / 6 I Am Gone / 7 Oh My Word / 8 My Old Shoes / 9 Bullet That I Ride / 10 Low Light / 11 Be Kind

Flip has delivered an album with a rare sensitivity .There are echoes in the delivery of the finest French singers a la Françoise Hardy and Carla Bruni- except Flip is singing in English. A beautiful rare gem. Roger Marbeck / Ode Rec.

A beautifully crafted album by a songwriter who has honed her craft, presenting us with a album of substance, raw fragility and strength. This is her best work yet. – Jan Hellriegel

“When you listen to Flip Grater you can’t help but fall in love with her a little bit. Her latest album is languid, smooth and delicious.” – Samantha Hayes, 3news

The best art comes from suffering, so returning from Sweden in her twenties with a broken heart, music was her antidote. With over seven years of creating a sound Flip Grater is renowned for, the release of an EP, three critically acclaimed albums (2006's Cage For A Song, 2008's Be All And End All and 2010’s While I’m Awake I’m At War, a published book and a tour history that takes her meandering through 11 or so countries) Flip is seasoned.

In 2006 her track Long Awaited Sigh turned heads across the folk and alt-country scene, with a track from it selected by producers of the hit US TV show Brothers and Sisters. This was followed by two trips to SXSW festival in Austin, TX with a showcase line-up including Luke Zimmerman and Kris Kristoffeson. Flip’s latest release While I’m Awake I’m At War has had NZ media calling her the "brunette Stevie Nicks" due to songs such as the single 'Careful', a meandering alt country ditty with a Fleetwood Mac feel.

The Christchurch-born musician is releasing her third album, which features some friends you may know. Goldenhorse, Goodshirt and LA Mitchell to mention a few. September and October of 2010 saw Flip and her band (featuring Geoff Maddock, Dianne Swann, Chris O’Connor and Andrew Keoghan) on a sold-out 9-date tour of New Zealand followed by an 13- date solo tour of France, Italy and UK including 2 showcases at the MAMA industry Festival in Paris.

In 2007 Flip released The Cookbook Tour – a performance/travel journal and recipe book that sparkled with humour, tales of the road and wondrous recipes she had acquired on her journeys. The follow-up book based on touring through 7 countries in Europe will be published by Bateman Publishing in May 2011.