From a late start in her music career, Susie Clarke has been making up for lost time. When MTV launched their search for the nation’s next big thing via their unsigned show ‘Get Seen Get Heard’, she emerged from over 40,000 as the number one female artist. Following her MTV success, Susie continued gigging, touring, writing, recording and reflecting on her career to date, hand-picking creative individuals along the way to form her ‘Collective’. Susie Clarke Collective is an amalgamation of talented musicians, producers, photographers, film makers and other creatives, all with broadly diverse roots and influences. The music delicately fuses soul, blues, hip hop, and reggae flavours to accompany Susie’s expressive vocals and fresh writing style, perfectly complementing a sound best described as “modern pop soul.’
Last winter saw Susie and key members of the Collective go into hibernation to record the long-awaited debut album, ‘Here and Now’. The debut beautifully showcases Susie’s effortless and catchy song writing: from the foot tapping, summery ‘Sing 4 Me’, the soulful and warm ‘Something To Do With You’, the regretful and heartfelt ‘Say So’, to the killer title track ‘Here and Now’. Addictive guitar licks, warm harmonies, a splash of strings, epic choirs, grinding bass and a voice that would make butter melt are all supported by mature and expressive lyrics, making ‘Here and Now’ an impressive debut.
The debut single, ‘Sing For Me’ was released in the summer of 2011 and is available to download now. Click the link for iTunes here A release date for the full album is yet to be announced, keep watching this space!
