Biography Can you name this Australian Songstress? Her new album Complicated Sweetheart is produced by award winning producer Paul McKercher (Augie March, Magic Dirt, Little Birdy, Eskimo Joe), to be released Sept 6th 2008 Australia’s Triple J selected her as a feature artist for Ausmusic Month
Her debut album “The Adventures of …” was released in Europe before Australia and was nominated “Album of the month” on Radio France? Her songs Beautiful Excuse and If You Wanna Be Mine from her debut album feature in the Australian movie “The Caterpillar Wish” She has toured Europe four times, the USA and Singapore promoting her debut album and playing to capacity audiences. In February-March 2008 completed a hugely successful 20 leg, six-week tour of Europe Whose angelic voice can be heard on the haunting theme for the new Aussie movie “Ravenswood”?
She has been invited on stage to support Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning, Irish supergroup The Frames, Lou Rhodes and Josh Pyke, not to mention Laura Imbruglia, Red Ghost. Bertie Blackman, Peregrine, Old Man River, Lior, and the list goes on. She also performed at the 2007 CMJ Music showcase in New York Her track Pink High Heels featured in the TV movie Little Oberon, while Beautiful Excuse and Sometimes featured in Channel 9’s Canal Road Five of her songs featured in the soundtrack of the Aussie movie Love in the First Degree, including the signature track I Just Want Some Love Her songs featured on the soundtrack of Aussie surf movie Living the dream and the new Roxy video Shimmer Her Single “Kiss You Again” is the itunes (Australia/NZ) single of the week w/c July 10, 2007
Her name? Melanie Horsnell.
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She’s a sensation in Paris, an exciting new catch in New York and a much-loved talent at home in Sydney, Australia. She’s Melanie Horsnell, Australia’s ‘complicated sweetheart’, a writer and singer of tender, heartfelt, simply beautiful songs.
After some ten years of performing across Australia, Melanie has of late been basking in global adoration. Her debut album, The Adventures Of.. was a feature album on French national radio, after she learned and recorded a French language version of her beatlesque pop hit I Just Want Some Love
Melanie has since performed repeat tours across Europe – the last being a massive 20-show slog that won hearts from Amsterdam to Edinburgh.
And while tracks from her debut album have earnt her all kinds of accolades – glowing reviews, iTunes single of the week, a feature artist on Triple J’s Ausmusic month, and supports with Bernard Fanning, The Frames and The Panics among others, her best work is still to come.
Earlier this year, Melanie and band returned to the studio, this time with ARIA award winning producer Paul McKercher (Augie March, Magic Dirt, Little Birdy, Eskimo Joe) to record her next chapter, Complicated Sweetheart.
Complicated Sweetheart is Melanie Horsnell doing what she does best, bravely baring her tales of love lost and found, sung in sweet whispery melodies and plucked delicately on nylon strings.
Already, tracks previewed from the new album such as the up-tempo pop gem Mary Mary and bittersweet Breakup have seen Melanie invited to play the CMJ Music Marathon in New York and showcases in Los Angeles. At home, she was asked in April to discuss her new songs as a feature presenter at the inaugural APRA Sydney Songwriter Summit.
With her independent spirit, her shy charm, an endless supply of catchy melodies (and an even deeper bag of bad jokes!), Melanie Horsnell is undeniably one of Australia’s most unique musical artists.
Inflatable Girlfriend Records/MGM will release Complicated Sweetheart on September 6th 2008.
In this fast-food world of manufactured music, Sydney
songbird Melanie Horsnell is truly one of a kind.
She has built her musical craft over time, fine tuning and using life’s
experiences in front of live audiences (always the best critics).
She writes songs of real life and loves, and is building a loyal fan
base on a one to one basis, in intimate venues throughout Australia,
Europe and Great Britain.
Melanie first picked up a guitar at the tender age of five, learning
classical and flamenco guitar. At just 10, she began busking at Manly
beach where passers by were intrigued by the little flaxen haired doll
with the oversized cowboy hat. By here late teens, she still hadn’t
really thought of continuing her music career – she had her heart set
on managing Woolworths – until she won a spot on The Northern
Composure CD and national songwriting competitions. From there
she headed to London for a year, and the songs really started to flow.
Melanie spent the year busking on a daily basis and working on her songwriting
skills.
Back home, Melanie began her residency at the Excelsior Hotel in Glebe
in 2000 and became regarded as one driving forces behind Sydney’s blossoming
“NuFolk” movement. Over the years at the Excelsior,
Melanie performed with some remarkable artists including Paul
Greene, Andy Clockwise, Bertie Blackman, Peregrine, Tim Ireland and Wesley
Carr. Her residency continued for 4 years, but there were larger
things afoot for the young songstress.
In
2001, Melanie independently released her first EP, Don’t Know
What to Say, followed the next year her second EP Magic
Mirror (produced by Garth Porter). A brilliant release, Magic
Mirror was soon picked up by radio across the country and led
to Melanie signing with Shock Publishing worldwide.
Soon after, Melanie was approached to write songs for popular children’s
show The Saddle Club and to score the soundtrack for
the film Love in the First Degree.
Next Melanie began work on her debut album, again with Garth
Porter behind the desk. The first single “Birds”
earned Melanie high rotation on the Triple J network
and saw her embark on countless adventures across the country. "Kiss
You Again" has also recently been added to rotation.
A
demo of her debut album The Adventures of... found
its way into the hands of Bert Pijpers of Rounder
Records in Europe and he was immediately taken with Melanie’s
angelic voice and superb songwriting. Soon after, she signed to Rounder
Records in Europe in 2004 and her debut album The Adventures
Of... was released in The Netherlands, Germany and the UK .
Melanie even did a crash course in French to record the French version
of the beatlesque pop gem “I Just Want Some Love” which
helped The Adventures Of… wind up as feature album
on national radio in France. Melanie has recently returned from her
third tour of Europe, with each trip seeing her audience expand markedly.
The most recent tour saw Melanie headlining her own shows in The Netherlands
and Paris. Melanie also played to a packed house at The Esplanade
in Singapore earlier this year.
Somehow crammed in between her European tours, Melanie has managed several
Australian tours, including supports for The Frames, Bernard Fanning and Josh Pyke, She
has also now set up her very own Independent label in Australia, Inflatable
Girlfriend Records.
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THE ADVENTURES OF... Available thru
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USA: CD Baby and itunes. Also on import in all stores.
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| » play songs from this album |
(click a song for its lyrics) 01 Birds 02 Kiss You Again 03 Beautiful Excuse 04 Sometimes 05 I Just Want Some Love 06 Deep Blue Sea 07 But You 08 If You Wanna Be Mine 09 Tomorrow 10 Roundabout 11 Pink High Heels 12 When I'm In Your Room 13 I Just Want Some Love (french) 14 Beautiful Excuse (french) |
| MAGIC
MIRROR EP (4 tracks) * Released in Australia in 2002. | |
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01 Magic Mirror 02 No.18 (the road that we travel) 03 Tram 04 Only One |
| DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO SAY EP (4 tracks) * Released in Australia in 2001. | |
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01 Don't know what to say 02 Me Myself and i 03 Blue Green Eyes 04 Hotel De Ville |
"Magic Mirror Ep available from waterfront store, Album also available from Itunes Australia. Contact us for details.
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