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Years active
  
2009 (2009)–present

Website
  
clairybrowne.com

Record label
  
Vanguard Records

Labels
  
Vanguard Records

Active from
  
2009


Origin
  
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Albums
  
Baby Caught the Bus, Pool, Love Cliques

Members
  
Loretta Miller, Camilla McKewen, Ruby Jones

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Paul Kelly, RuPaul, Vika and Linda, C C Adcock, Dan Sultan

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Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes were a soul band from Melbourne, Australia that formed in 2009.

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The band was fronted by lead vocalist Clairy Browne and backed by Camilla McKewen, Loretta Miller and Ruby Jones (The Bangin’ Rackettes) along with Peter Bee (guitar), Jules Pascoe (bass), Gabriel Strangio (keyboards).

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The band's debut album Baby Caught the Bus was released in Australia in 2011 and in the United States by Vanguard Records in 2013, and features the lead single "Love Letter".

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Baby Caught the Bus (2011–2013)

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In November 2011, the band released their debut record, Baby Caught the Bus, in Australia. Recorded at Sound Park Studios in Melbourne with producer Steve Schram, the record moves through heart-wrenching, doo-wop wailing, drunken pianos, party hysteria and tough, hard hitting soul. The album received strong reviews from local and national press, going on to be crowned album of the year on ABC Radio National.

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In July 2012, the album's lead single, "Love Letter", was featured in a television commercial for international beer brand Heineken. The ad, titled "The Switch", was shot in Prague in earlier in the same year and features an appearance from Browne performing her own stunt, dropping down on a mechanical rotating stage as the scene transforms from dive bar into an opulent night club. Airing heavily in the USA, "The Switch" saw Baby Caught The Bus reach #66 in the US iTunes Album charts and #4 in the Billboard Heatseekers charts as an independent release.

In 2013, the band traveled to the United States to perform at the annual SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas, in conjunction with a 28-date tour around the country that saw them perform in venues that included House of Blues, Mercury Lounge in New York City, and The Troubadour in Los Angeles. They planned to tour the US again from October 2013 to December 2013.

Baby Caught the Bus also received an official release in the United States on 21 May 2013, with the band signing to independent label Vanguard Records.

In May 2013, the group won first place in the AAA category of the International Songwriting Contest for their song "Love Letter".

In 2013 the song "I'll Be Fine" was used as the theme for ABC's comedy drama Please Like Me.

Love Cliques (2014)

On 5 August 2014, the band's second EP Love Cliques was released. It features the tracks "Jenny", "No Fear", "Heart's Desire", and "Paper Thin".

Members

Last lineup

  • Clairanne Browne – lead vocals (2009 – dissolution)
  • Peter Bee – Guitar (2009 – dissolution)
  • Ruby Jones – backing vocals (2011 – dissolution)
  • Camilla McKewen – backing vocals (2009 – dissolution)
  • Loretta Miller – backing vocals (2011 – dissolution)
  • Jules Pascoe – Bass Guitar / Double Bass (2009 – dissolution)
  • Gabriel Strangio – Piano / Keyboard (2009 – dissolution)


    • Former members

  • Darcy McNulty – Baritone / Soprano Saxophone (2009 – 2014)
  • Nick Martyn – Drums (2009 – 2014)
  • Simone Page Jones – Backing vocals (2009-2011)
  • Natalie Browne – Backing vocals (2009-2011)
  • Matt Witney - Guitar (2009 - 2010)

    • Breakup

    Although never publicly confirmed, the group disbanded some time after their Love Cliques Tour.

    Songs

    I'll Be FineBaby Caught the Bus · 2011
    She Plays Up to YouBaby Caught the Bus · 2011
    Far Too LateBaby Caught the Bus · 2011

    References

    Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes Wikipedia
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