| Tour 10/16/07 11th Street Bar New York, NY 10/19/07 Acoustic Cafe Bridgeport, CT 10/20/07 CMJ @ Highline Ballroom NYC, NY 10/23/07 11th Street Bar New York, NY 10/30/07 11th Street Bar New York, NY 11/17/07 SUB ROSA/Cousin Larry’s Danbury, CT 12/01/07 Westville Pub Asheville, NC Trivia Saint Bernadette (born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous in 1844) was a shepherd girl in Southern France who had visions of "a Lady" (The Virgin Mary). Years after her death, the Roman Catholic Church canonized her as a saint, despite initial skepticism. Read more on wikipedia. Band Members
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Saint Bernadette just released their debut album, In the Ballroom last week (Oct 2nd) on Exotic Recordings. Judging from their tour dates and schedules, I thought the band is based out of New York, but in fact, are from Bridgeport, Connecticut. It's also in Bridgeport that they recorded their debut album, in an abandoned ballroom (which was named after their album).
I thought the album sounds really polished and professional for a debut album - that is until I found out that Meredith, Touch, and Sala, were previously in another band called The Saucers.
The Saucers did manage to release one EP called Eternal Intermission (does this mean they broke up?) in 2003 before forming Saint Bernadette in 2006.
What I really like about In the Ballroom is that my first impression is that the vocals reminded me of Beth Gibbons (Portishead), but minus the trip-hop. My favorite song off the album is called "Dialogue Beat", which really felt like modern Jazz, especially with the cello bass.
PS, check out the Saucers' video for Late Bloomer...
UPDATE: St Bernadette's video for "Sidestep", directed by Tim Spellman.[1]
10/08/2007 18:45:15 vu my♥posts [email protected] saintbernadettemusic.com myspace.com
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