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The Clairaudience album – ten years and 10,000 miles in the making

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clairaudiencealbumart-1-2Just released is the debut full-length album for Clairaudience. Based in Brooklyn but hailing from Australia, Europe and Rhode Island, this four-piece (Caroline Jumpertz, Danny Jumpertz, Franzi Szymkowiak and Heidi Patalano), has been recording and gigging in NYC for over three years. Recorded with engineer Abe Seiferth (Yeasayer, Eleanor Friedberger) between 2014 and 2016 at Transmitter Park Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the album is a follow up to 2015’s acclaimed cassette/download EP Sun Damage.

Clairaudience formed in Sydney in 2006. Caroline and Danny emigrated to the USA in 2010 launching a new lineup with the additions of New York based multi-instrumentalists Heidi (guitar, bass, vocals) and  Franzi (Moog, guitar, bass, vocals). Fellow Australian Kerrii Cavanagh stepped in on bass guitar, appearing on the Sun Damage EP, but relocating back to Oz soon after, leaving the band as a 4 piece.

The release was delayed due to the unexpected collapse of Feral Media’s distributor Fuse Music and is the first instalment in our relationship with UK-based music company State 51. The album is available on CD and download via our Bandcamp store, and is streaming on Spotify, Napster, Apple Music, Soundcloud and many other corners of the internet.

Clairaudience return with Sun Damage

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sun damage

It’s been a long time between drinks for Clairaudience; started in 2005 by Feral Media founder Danny Jumpertz and his wife Caroline the band released an instrumental improv debut album in 2007 as part of the POW WOW new music series.

In 2013, once core members Danny and Caroline had emigrated to the USA, the band found new members in Franzi Szymkowiak, Kerrii Cavanagh and Heidi Patalano, and started gigging around New York’s Lower East Side, East Village and Brooklyn.

Sun Damage is the band’s first release with the current line up and is a summery mix of power pop soulfulness, gaffer taped together by the DIY aesthetic that drives the band. The release also marks the first results of an ongoing collaboration with producer Abe Seiferth (Yeasayer, Eleanor Friedberger).

Featuring stunning artwork by former band member Martin Kirkwood, Sun Damage is available digitally and also as a limited edition cassette via the Feral Media bandcamp store here.