Paul Dempsey releases ‘Bats’ EP
PAUL DEMPSEY – EP and Tour
As a special little side dish to be served with your tantalising and hearty main course, PAUL DEMPSEY will be releasing his EP ‘Bats’, which features tracks from his critically acclaimed ‘Everything Is True’ album, along with a few extra special cover tracks.
Being released on Feb 26, the Bats EP will feature covers of ‘Out The Airlock’ by Clare Bowditch and ‘Ramona Was A Waitress’ by 2010 AMP nominees Oh Mercy.
Clare Bowditch said, “I really enjoyed interpreting Out of the Airlock. It’s a really wonderful story, told with the kind of wit and dry humour that Paul is so famous for. As I sang it I kept imaging this poor beleaguered special undercover agent who goes out to work every day, nearly gets killed, calls home alive, only to be told off by his girlfriend because he’s not home and she’s cooked a special meal and “Where are you!?!? YOU SAID YOU’D BE HOME AT 6!”. And he adores her and keeps trying to explain what has happened but all she cares about is the human in him, not the super-hero. She just wants him home. I have no idea at all what Paul was thinking when he wrote this, but that’s what I was thinking when I sung it. It was a pleasure to do.”
Alexander Gow of Oh Mercy said, “We are familiar with Paul Dempsey through growing up listening to Triple J, both with Something For Kate and now his solo album. Thomas and I chose ’Ramona Was A Waitress’ as it was the one song we had heard the most from the album, and we both liked the lyrics. Rather than perform a straight cover, we decided to not listen to Paul’s song again but make our own song using his lyrics. We recently met Paul at Southbound… Hopefully he likes what we have done.”
Paul Dempsey is currently gearing up to head out on his national tour ‘Burning Leaves’, which will be his one and only headline show in Australia for 2010 before relocating to New York for the rest of the year to play shows and begin writing the new Something for Kate album.
Supporting Paul on this tour will be Dan Kelly and his Dream Band, who will be playing all shows except WA (TBA).
Tickets for the tour are on sale now from www.pauldempseymusic.com and for the following dates:
· Wed 7th April - The Gov, Adelaide, SA
· Thurs 8th April - Artbar, Art Gallery of WA, Perth
· Fri 9th April - Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
· Sat 10th April - Fly By Night, Fremantle, WA
· Thurs 15th April - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
· Fri 16th April - Hi Fi Bar, Brisbane, QLD
· Sat 17th April - Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
· Sat 24th April - The Forum, Melbourne, VIC
THE ALBUM ‘EVERYTHING IS TRUE’ IN STORES NOW
THE ‘BATS’ EP AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FEBRUARY 26
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