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Shannon embodies true rock spirit. Powerful guitar riffs that won't let you down. Intense aura on stage that left the Grandcrew team speechless. Very emotional concert

Artist

Shannon Wright

Shannon Wright, always loyal and steady with her fans, releases Secret Blood, just one year after the noteworthy Honeybee Girls.

In ten years, this shy and emotional american woman became as known as the more famous indie rock artists and she can’t be ignored by the specialized press which stopped to compare her to PJ Harvey and Björk. Her strong character, her refusal of everything’s fashioned, her integrity always made her run away from the cliché. She have had a perfect progression since her first album Flight Safety, released in 1999. But she still develops her discography, keeping a coherence.

After four first albums, Shannon Wright decided to stop exploring her rage and anguish to care about the real life, which brought a bit of light she leaves filter through Let in the Light. We can enjoy on it Shannon playing a lively piano, as best as Yann Tiersen’s, her friend and partner since they met in 2004 for the recording of a melodious shared album.

In 2009, with Honeybee Girls, Shannon Wright faces up to her taboos : acoustics and electronics. Piano, organ, guitars, violoncello with indistinct tones allow to feel freedom and freshness. Thanks to her fans and the pleasure she can feel on stage, she follows nearly immediately on Secret Blood with her loyal partners, Andy Baker (bass, sound recording and mix) and Brant Rackley (drums). The title is extracted from one of the most beautiful songs of the album “Merciful Secret blood of a Noble Man”: the one she opens up the most. A voice more self-confident, the specific tone of the organ, soft rhythmics are not the only ones to give this feeling of quenching and diffuse warmth.

Secret Blood is a promise of freedom, the most important thing in her career. She does not pay any attention to people who label her. This ninth album is the perfect illustration of her freedom, alternating short songs, folk, noise, lullabies for adults.

There is a reason for the presence of a Black Flag record on the cover. Shannon Wright has always claimed this legacy to a rock without compromise, at least by her tone, perfectly exact and sometimes rough. By the songs too : “Fractured” allows to rediscover Washington Hardcore, “Commoner’s Saint” and its strong guitars, or the hypnotic “Violent Colors”. But Shannon Wright makes you feel a hypersensitivity as well, with “On The Riverside”, “Dim Reader” or “Satellites”. We can feel other prooves of youthful energy all through Secret Blood ; whereas the delicate arrangements of “Under the Luminaries” are emblematic of the total control of a complicated artist of great integrity.


DISCOGRAPHY :

Secret Blood (2010)
Honeybee Girls (2009)
Let In The Light (2007)
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (2004)
Over The Sun (2004)
Dyed In The Wool (2001)
Perishable Goods (2000)
Maps Of Tacit (2000)
Flight Safety (1999)

Band members:
Shannon Wright - vocals, guitars, keyboard
Kyle Crabtree - drums

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Label

Vicious Circle

Shannon Wright, Julien Pras, Men Without Pants, KIM, Clelia Vega, Mansfield.TYA, Elysian Fields, Carabine, Puppetmastaz, The BellRays, Corde Breve, Tender Forever, Calc, le Klub des 7, 22 Pistepirkko, Minor Majority, Julie Doiron, Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright, The Ex, the Notwist, Radio 4, Girls Against Boys...

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Venue

Point Ephémère

The Point Ephémère is truly unique. Facing the Seine river, this former warehouse is one of the coolest place to chill out and hang out with friends drinking cheap beers and listening to the edgiest sounds. More than that, the Point Ephémère is a temporary creative interface, pushing for artistic crossovers and multidisciplinary exchanges. You want to see an urban art exhibit or a vjing show ? The Point Ephémère is THE place. Militant, huge, beautiful, avant-gardist, this venue should become your favorite spot.

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Promoter

3C Tour

3C est une entreprise qui organise et produit des tournées de groupes français et étrangers. Elle développe et gère la carrière des artistes en étroite collaboration avec tous leurs partenaires : maisons de disques, éditeurs, promoteurs…
Fondée en 1994 par Véronique Clémot et Christophe Bosq, 3C est aujourd’hui une SARL pour laquelle travaillent dix personnes. Les bureaux sont situés dans deux villes différentes. Le siège social et le pôle administratif se trouvent à Angers et l’organisation des tournées à Bordeaux

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Styles

• Rock

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