The Smoke Fairies new 7" which is recorded and released by Jack White on Dec the 7th. The White Stripes and Dead Weather lynchpin also plays on a track.
2009 has been an eventful year for Smoke Fairies. They released the 'Frozen Heart' EP and played a triumphant launch at The Luminaire before hitting the road for a tour as special guests of The Handsome Family, also making festival appearances at Glastonbury, Latitude and Camp Bestival.
And amongst all this, they received a call from a new found friend after a chance meeting in London - none other than Jack White. Smoke Fairies Jess Davies & Kaf Blamire have never been afraid of taking a chance and managed to bump into him in the middle of a packed Hoxton bar. Having convinced the DJ to play their 7" single they grabbed Jack and passed him a whisky and a CD. The rest is history as soon after he invited them to support The Dead Weather at their debut London show at the Kentish Town Forum, where he personally introduced the band on stage.
White was already impressed with the Smoke Fairies' unique sound and now with their enigmatic live show and offered to record a single for his label Third Man Records, which he would produce and perform on himself. The product of this dream-come-true adventure and visit to Nashville is 'Gastown' and 'River Song' - being released as a limited edition 7" and download on December 7th 2009.
Having completed the recording they barely had enough time to do the laundry before embarking on another tour, this time on a much larger scale as special guests to Richard Hawley. Katherine and Jessica took a four-piece band and the ornate venues provided an ideal backdrop for the dark blues/folk of the Smoke Fairies; the rich, close knit harmonies swirling around these expansive spaces and fully captivating the audiences. They returned to London for a sold out headline show at The Borderline in support of the year's second 7" single release 'Sunshine'.
Playing and singing together since their school days in West Sussex, Smoke Fairies (Jessica Davies & Katherine Blamire) create ethereal, dark and haunting left-of -center folk and blues songs wrapped in beautiful harmonies with the occasional psychedelic flourish. Over the past year they've played with The Dead Weather, Richard Hawley and the Handsome Family. Following a self-released EP and two singles, they now release their first for Jack White's Third Man Records. The songs "Gastown" and "The River Song" were produced by Jack White and will be available on 7" vinyl and as an iTunes download.
Smoke Fairies:
Katherine Blamire: Guitar and Vocals
Jessica Davies: Guitar and Vocals
Produced by:
Jack White III
Additional accompaniment:
Jack White: Drums (Gastown) Drums, Electric Guitar and Timpani (Finale Only on River Song)
Jack Lawrence: Bass (Gastown)
Corey Younts: Piano, Clavinet (River Song)
Shelby O'Neal: Drums (River Song)
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT http://www.thirdmanrecords.com from November 30th
RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 7TH (Dec 8th in USA)
150 TRI-COLOR VINYLS WILL BE PRESSED, 100 SOLD AT THIRD MAN RECORDS: 623 7th AVENUE SOUTH NASHVILLE TN FROM DECEMBER 8TH. THE REMAINING 50 WILL BE INSERTED INTO RANDOM MAIL ORDERS.
