Claws

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There are at least 3 bands with the name Claws. 1) CLAWS is an alt-pop duo comprised of sultry siren Amber Renee and four-time Grammy winning producer & multi-instrumentalist Graham Marsh. After a decade of working at the highest levels of the music industry with stars like Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, and T.I., Marsh became disillusioned with the pop music world. At the height of his commercial success in 2012, he quit his job as Cee Lo Green’s right-hand man to pursue a music career that would fulfill him creatively. As if by a greater design, he soon met Amber, a grad school dropout moonlighting as an alt-pop singer at Atlanta venues like Eddie’s Attic and Smith’s Olde Bar. The pair began writing together in the Summer of 2013 and realized that this was the collaboration they had each been searching for. CLAWS completed their debut album Feel It All one year later, which includes the talents of several Atlanta legends, including Preston Crump (Outkast, Goodie Mob), Keisha Jackson (Outkast), Kennard Garrett (Case), and Slick Barnes (India Arie, David Anthony). Feel It All explores the difficulties of embodiment, the oscillation of existence, and the hurt of loving someone you can’t be with. Despite the heavy subject matter, Marsh’s lush, bombastic sonic landscapes create a playground for Amber’s crooning melodies. With influences ranging from Broken Bells to Outkast to Lady Gaga, CLAWS has been hailed by Culture Collide as the new pop sound of the South. Hypem index Yaqui de