The latest single from Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label, David E. Sugar’s ‘Party Killer’ defies the grey skies with a spot of sunny indie dance pop. Slightly louche vocals with a pronounced Estuary edge – ‘I liked you betaaah’ – slide on top of a funk-inflected assortment of bouncing electo beats with a light-hearted sense of style that promises good things from the upcoming album. As well as ‘Party Killer’s radio edit, we get the requisite album version; forgettable remixes by Disco of Doom and Adam Smith; and the unexpected treat that is the full-bodied, instrumental-heavy ‘Sunday Best Wig Out Dub‘. In addition, there’s B-side ‘Travel Light’, which is more of the same only not quite as engaging – still pretty good, but definitely the junior partner on this disc. Okay so, he’s trying a bit too hard to be a cheeky, chirpy London geezer, which might wear after a while, but ‘Party Killer’ leaves you in no doubt that David E. Sugar also knows how to make a summer floorfiller.

Following her stunning performance of ‘Oh Mississippi’ on Later with Jools Holland on Friday night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXZQR3UKJQw), Lissie has announced details of her forthcoming single ‘When I’m Alone’ and her debut album ‘Catching A Tiger’, both of which are released on June 21^st on Columbia Records.

They follow swiftly on from the massive acclaim received for her recent ‘In Sleep’ EP, released last month, which also garnered exceptional response  as iTunes single of the week and from last years US released ‘Why You Runnin’ EP on Fat Possum, which has already sold over 10,000 copies since it appeared stateside last Autumn.

It has been a whirlwind few months for this mesmerizing new artist from Rock Island, Illinois that has seen her triumphantly win over the SXSW festival with an unfathomable 10 shows in 3 days, championed by as broad a media spectrum as you could possibly imagine – from single of the week in The Sun, raved about by US gossip mogul Perez Hilton (who witnessed one of her Austin SXSW performances and swooned over her voice), praised by the likes of Q, Clash, The Fly, Sunday Times, Big Issue, Daily Mirror to name but a few, and spun across the nation’s airwaves.

Her recent sessions for Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank and Dermot O’Leary for radio 2 both showcasing the depth of quality of her voice, and giving listeners a glimpse into the captivating artist behind the songs. In a year dominated thus far by stylistic female artists – Lissie stands out notably from the crowd; there is nothing whipped or spun, styled or shaped about her, her performances are both refreshing and honest and individually unique.

Online she has picked up over a million plays on YouTube as fans have discovered her charms, alongside some spectacular cover versions, that began with her take on Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ for the Dermot session and has since taken in Lady Gaga along the way to rave response, showing the versatility and depth of that voice that and has also seen her pick up praise and support from a broad range of artists, from Courtney Love to Ellie Goulding. For further evidence of this fantastic talent, Lissie can be seen performing ‘Oh Mississippi’, taken from ‘Catching A Tiger’ on this week’s Later with Jools Holland (TX May 7^th 2010)

Having now decamped to the UK from her home base in Ojai, California for the foreseeable future, Lissie continues to tread the boards across the nation‘s live venues. Having recently completed a series of dates as special guest to Joshua Radin, she continues her relentless program of touring with performances confirmed for The Great Escape festival in Brighton, appearances at the influential Blue Flowers & Chess Club records nights in London this month, shows alongside Local Natives, City & Colour and Kassidy,  and has already confirmed festival appearances at Glastonbury, Bestival, Latitude, Dot To Dot, Evolution, Summer Sundae, Secret Garden Party with more dates and festivals to be announced over the coming weeks.

Recorded in Nashville late last year with Jacquire King (Kings Of Leon)  & additional songs with Bill Reynolds (Band Of Horses), ‘Catching A Tiger’ is packed full of surprises. For starters there is a voice that crackles with the influence of the blues as much as it does with say folk music, and a range and delivery that could put most rock singers to shame. Then more importantly there are the songs; where wonderfully brooding & emotionally charged stories mix with a magical warmth that feels as at home blasting out of a radio today as it does driving across the desert with the wind in your hair.

Lissie UK Tour Dates 2010:

15 May                    Pavillion Theatre, Brighton (The Great Escape Festival) onstage

16 May                    George IV, Chiswick (Blue Flowers night w/ Sleighbells)  http://www.blueflowersmusic.co.uk Entry £8, payment on the door

18 May                    Old Queen’s Head, Islington (Chess Club Records night) http://www.chessclubrecords.co.uk Entry £8, payment on the door

26 May                    Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh (w/ Kassidy)

28 May                    Oran Mor, Glasgow (w/ Kassidy)

29 May                    Dot to Dot Festival       Bristol

30 May                    Dot to Dot Festival       Nottingham

31 May                    Dot to Dot Festival       Manchester

31 May                    Evolution Festival         Newcastle

14 June                    HMV Forum, London (w/ City and Colour)

15 June                    Shepherds Bush Empire, London (w/ Local Natives)

25 Jun                     Glastonbury Festival – Park Stage

26 Jun                     Glastonbury Festival – Queen’s Head Stage

16 Jul                      Latitude Festival

25 Jul                      Secret Garden Party, Cambridge

29 Jul                      Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge

13 Aug                    Summer Sundae Weekender   De Montfort Hall and Gardens, Leicester

9 Sept                      Bestival, Isle Of Wight