NASHVILLE, TN | December 2, 2014 – Nashville-based Lauren Strange released her EP Say Yes today. With soaring vocals, powerful lyrics and catchy, pop-driven rhythms, Lauren Strange and her band The Pretty Killers are turning heads nationwide.
Say Yes confronts the challenges of young adulthood, relationships and love head-on with an extremely honest and fresh take. “I write from personal experience. I’ve been writing and creating since I was a little kid, and it comes very naturally to me,” said Strange. “I feel stifled if I can’t express myself creatively through music.” The EP was mixed and mastered by John Netti of Adrenaline Audio (Rival Sons, Sturgill Simpson).
“I had the privilege of working with some of the best studio musicians in Nashville on this record,” Strange noted, “including my good friend Rob McNelley, who received the Guitar Player of the Year Award at the ACM awards this year.” Strange’s own credits also include performing and working alongside artists such as Taylor Swift, Little Anthony and Phil Vassar. Last year she performed as a supporting guest vocalist for Passion Pit as they filmed a series of VEVO videos in Nashville (read more on AltPress).
Say Yes follows 2010’s award winning debut EP Strange. Titled as Grand Prize Winner in the 2010 John Lennon International Songwriting Contest and winner of the Lennon Award for the JLSC Country category, the album also won first place in the American Songwriter Lyric Contest in March/April 2010 and placed in other national contests.
With a classical background in piano and voice, Say Yes marks the first step of many for Lauren Strange; plans for a full-length album are already in development. The EP release show for Say Yes will be held on December 2nd, 2014 at The Groove in Nashville, with no cover charge (event link). Her EP can be purchased on Bandcamp here.
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Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Lauren Strange has been an award-winning songwriter from the age of 9.
Backed by her Pretty Killers, she forms a genuine bond with audiences. Lauren Strange is not an act to sleep on, blending real artisan songwriting with electrified passion for her craft.
Her first release, The Strange EP, received honors and recognition including the Grand Prize Award in the 2010 John Lennon International Songwriting Contest – Country category, the Lennon Award for the JLSC Country category, First place in the American Songwriter Lyric Contest – March/April 2010, Regional Round Finalist in the Mountain Stage NewSong Songwriting Competition, and Fourth Place in the Intel Superstars Competition Country Category.
In 2011, Lauren performed at the historic Ryman auditorium alongside musicians including Chuck Wicks, Phil Vassar, Cheyenne Kimball (of Gloriana), and Sarah Darling at the “Let Us In Nashville – A Tribute to Linda McCartney” benefit concert. Last year, Lauren was invited to sing with Passion Pit as they filmed a set of videos for VEVO in Nashville, which collectively have reached well over a million views on YouTube. She most recently performed as part of “Many Moods of McCartney” with the Asheville Symphony, alongside artists including Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame-r Little Anthony and songwriter Frankie Previte (“Time of My Life”).
She has received praise from many including producer Jack Douglas (whose credits include John Lennon, The Who, Aerosmith). Douglas says, “Wow, [she has] a beautiful voice. I was knocked out by [her] songwriting. I look forward to hearing [her] name mentioned around the studios as a “go to” songwriter and artist in the near future.”
