Clare & The Reasons Tour Europe/ Fearless Music TV/ Oct in New York City / CMJ

“The Movie” Set Release on Brooklyn’s Frog Stand Records November 13th Featuring Van Dyke Parks, Sufjan Stevens, & Gregoire Maret

First Single “Pluto” Featured on NPR Morning Edition/ Clare Recently Appeared on the Conan O’Brien Show Alongside Teddy Thompson

Clare And The Reasons – Live At Joe's Pub, NYC, 9.10.07 - You can imagine the shivers that went down the spine of Blue Note president Bruce Lundvall when he was introduced to the lush, vocal stylings of a then 21-year-old Norah Jones. Known locally as a waitress, and jazz singer on the Greenwich Village circuit, Jones would go on to find kismet with Lundvall, and subsequently... http://sentimentalistmag.com/blog/2007/09/11/clare-and-the-reasons-joe%e2%80%99s-pub-nyc-091007-sentimentalist-magazine-review/#more-222

Pitchfork “Forkcast” http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/45207-clare-the-reasons-pluto-mp3stream

WNYC’s PRI Feature, Podcast Available Now on iTunes: http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/fairgame/local-fairgame-624399.mp3

Pitchfork Media - http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/43918-sufjan-guests-on-two-new-albums

Click To Hear Debut Track “Pluto”: http://www.mediafire.com/?31sxjywzfmm

Clare & the Reasons are celebrating the release of their much anticipated debut album, “The Movie”, out on Frog Stand Records Records November 13th, with a European jaunt beginning at Berlin’s prestigious Pop Komm Festival and stopping for shows in Paris and London. When they return in October, Clare & Co. will be busy with CMJ, a reading series with avant guard auteur Miranda July and enjoying the debut of their US television debut on Fearless Music TV (Date TBA).

Clare & the Reasons will be performing songs from their debut all throughout the Fall in Europe and NYC, featuring the first single “Pluto”. Clare recently appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition last week discussing her music inspired by Pluto being dethroned as a planet just in time for its one year anniversary. And most recently, Clare performed on the Conan O’Brien Show as a special guest alongside Teddy Thompson. Hope you got a chance to see it!

Sept 19th, 10pm
Berlin, Club Wabe
Danziger Straße 101
10405 Berlin
Deutschland
Tel.: (030) 90 29 53 850
E-Mail: info@wabe-berlin.de
Website: http://www.wabe-berlin.de/

Sept 22nd, 10pm
Paris, Fleche d'or
http://www.flechedor.fr/

Sept 23rd, 8:45 pm
London, The Fly
http://www.barflyclub.com/theflylondon/whatson/WhatsOn.aspx

Sept 24th
London, 12 Bar
http://www.12barclub.com/gig_listings.html

Oct 8th, 8PM
Rockwood Music Hall

Oct 10th
The Happy Ending Reading Series
with Miranda July reading

Oct 13th, 10pm
SoundFix
Williamsburg Brooklyn

Oct 18th, 4pm (time may change)
TerrorBird Media unofficial CMJ showcase
Pianos Upstairs

Oct 29th, 8pm
Mo Pitkins

Tell All Your Friends is thrilled to announce the most impressive orchestral pop debut this Fall, Clare & The Reasons “The Movie” (Frog Stand Records- Late October). “The Movie” is lush & sinfully beautiful, featuring the likes of Van Dyke Parks (“Love Can Be A Crime”), Sufjan Stevens (“Nothing/Nowhere”) and Gregoire Maret (“Rodi”). Clare & The Reasons’ music harkens back to the romance of a forgone era, through the eyes of a contemporary indie-chanteuse with a pop sensibility.

Lead by Clare Muldaur Manchon, the seven-piece is rounded out by Alan Hampton (bass, vocals), Olivier Manchon (violin, vocals, piano, saw), Greg Ritchie (drums), Beth Meyers (viola, vocals), Christopher Hoffman (cello), and Bob Hart (guitar, vocals, piano). With a certain sultry playfulness and charm, Clare & The Reasons thematically evoke the era of the classic Film Noir beauty we have come to cherish from the 1940’s, with tracks like the ironic “Cook for You”, the haunting “Alphabet City”, and playful yet melancholy first single, “Rodi”.

Adding to the bands arsenal of symphonic harmonies, is Clare & the Reasons’ showcase of the blues, doo wop and strings, best exampled on “The Movie’s” opening track “Pluto,” which permeates throughout the LP to the final opustrack “Pluton.” Clare Muldaur’s vocals and lyrics are both earnest and intangibly appealing, set to the rich tapestry of The Reasons, the entire LP will leave you mesmerized and longing for the days when simple times were upon us.

Track Listing:
1. Pluto (3:30)
2. Nothing/Nowhere (5:06)
3. Under The Water (3:43)
4. Alphabet City (5:52)
5. Cook For You (4:10)
6. Rodi (4:37)
7. Go Back (4:29)
8. Sugar In My Hair (3:29)
9. Love Can Be A Crime (3:06)
10. Science Fiction Man (5:10)
11. Pluton (3:43)

About Clare & The Reasons

First, Clare writes songs. Then she brings them to the Reasons test lab. There, the songs are submitted to a series of intense treatments and tests until they become what some people call: "lush and sinfully beautiful".This process named in the scientific community "Reasonitis Polymorpheus Synthesis" or RPS, lead to the making of "The Movie" (Frogstand Records) their debut album. (no known side effects. FDA approval pending).

Who is this Clare anyway?

She was born on the island of Martha's Vineyard, in a vegetable garden amongst the most incredible tomatoes grown by her mother Sheila. Her father, music innovator Geoff Muldaur, introduced her to artists such as Mildred Bailey, Bessie Smith and Sam Cooke. Clare rode hundreds and hundreds of horses and listened to these inspiring musicians on her walkman while working in the barn.

One day, she rode her horse all the way to Berklee College of Music. With a handsome scholarship she was able to study jazz arranging and composition. There, she met now long time collaborator Olivier Manchon. On their first encounter, he made her cry and then they got married.

Who are "The Reasons" ?

Alan Hampton, Olivier Manchon, Christopher Hoffman, Beth Meyers, Greg Ritchie and Bob Hart can be found in Brooklyn, NY. Most of the time, they are rehearsing, singing harmony vocals, pretending that their string trio is an orchestra, or playing very embarrassing football (the real name of soccer) in Prospect Park while discussing how to get endorsed by big sports gear corporations.

You can hear Clare sing 2 songs on the Fox show "Arrested Development". She also has songs in 2 Lion's Gate films. Most recently, her song "Cactus Tree", can be heard in the HBO show "Cathouse". Clare and Olivier have toured together in Japan, Ireland, France and the US of A.

Beginning this fall, look for The Reasons in a town near you.