SUZIE STAPLETON is a Sydney-born alternative rock artist who honed her craft in Melbourne before relocating to London in 2015. She has built a loyal fanbase, captivating audiences with electric live performances using her midnight vocal to weave shards of poetry into guitar-driven noir soundscapes laced with intricate melodies.
Stapleton has released a string of singles over the past year gaining airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music and becoming a Fresh Fave on Tom Robinson’s Fresh On The Net. Stapleton has opened for artists such as Mark Lanegan, Mick Harvey, and Boss Hog and appeared at festivals including Camden Rocks Festival, Colours of Ostrava and Binic Folk Blues Festival.
Her live band includes Gavin Jay (Jim Jones Revue/The Righteous Mind) on bass and Jim Macaulay (The Stranglers) on drums. They debuted in London in January 2018 with Louder Than War touting it as “An unmissable opportunity to see one of the most exciting emerging talents on the London scene before she hits the big time”.
2017 saw Stapleton appear as a guest vocalist on no-wave icon Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove’s unlikely covers album “Under The Covers” (Rustblade Records). This is a continuation of Stapleton’s collaborations with Cypress Grove on The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project. She first cameoed on the project’s third album ‘Axels & Sockets’ (feat. Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Thurston Moore + others) which has lead to her working closely with Grove on the fourth album currently in production and due for release in 2018.
“What she actually sounds like - more than anything - is Suzie Stapleton. The emerging wave of assertive and gifted female artists is both urgently needed and one of the few bright spots in an otherwise ever more worrying world.” Tom Robinson, BBC/Fresh On The Net (UK)
“Utterly mesmeric, exuding charisma. Fantastic stuff - one to look out for."- Joe Cushley, Resonance FM UK
“Suzie Stapleton is a hard act to follow, I felt like a folk singer going on after Soundgarden. She is compelling listening and Melbourne’s best kept rock chick secret.”- Spencer P Jones (Beasts of Bourbon)
Website www.suziestapleton.com
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