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Artist
Flip Grater
12+ albums
New Zealandsinger-songwriterfemale vocalistsindieambient
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Flip Grater is New Zealand singer-songwriter and author Clare Grater (born in 1981 in Christchurch, New Zealand). Her music comprises gliding vocals dance over the top of guitars picked and strummed. Banjos, a bass, and a minimal drum kit complete the picture and the songs soar and fall, sometimes evoking sad feelings, sometimes stirring the heart with a gravelly punch. Flip Grater lands somewhere along the lines of an alt-country songstress experimenting with indie music, and the grittier side of pop. She has written songs that could prick the ears up of any that hear them, and with traces of PJ Harvey, a sprinkling of Cat Power and a touch of Suzanne Vega, Flip Grater's music has established her as one of our country's beloved indie-folk artists. With years of creating a sound she is renowned for, the release of an EP, two critically acclaimed albums (2006's Cage For A Song and 2008's Be All And End All), a published book and a tour history that takes her meandering through 11 or so countries, she is seasoned. July 2010 saw the release of her third studio album 'While I'm Awake I'm At War' through Maiden Records. It features the single 'Careful', a meandering alt country ditty with a Fleetwood Mac feel. Flip will head out on another national tour in September in support of the album's release with her live band, Dianne Swann (The Bads), Geoff Maddock (ex-Goldenhorse) and Chris O'Connor (Don McGlashen and The Seven Sisters), before returning to France to tour throughou
