Katie Noonan - Emperor's Box album tour

Katie Noonan returns to the spotlight with an original album, a fresh sound, and a new band, the Captains. Co-produced by Katie and Grammy Award-winning rock specialist Nick Didia (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Stone Temple Pilots, Powderfinger), Emperor’s Box marks a return to some wonderful and familiar territory for Katie.

Emperor’s Box is the sound of a confident, accomplished artist. It’s a lush and at times muscular affair, captured in the studio by a tight unit clearly at the peak of form. And of course, Katie’s vocals shine. “It feels like the best thing I’ve ever done,” Katie says. “Music is about freedom for me, I’ve always followed my muse and been very lucky to be able go on and make different records. This is definitely the album I’m most proud of.”

Over the last two and a half years Katie and ‘The Captains’ (Cameron Deyell – guitar, Stu Hunter – keys/bass, Declan Kelly – drums) have been slowly building a vessel of exciting, unique songs and they are very excited to be taking the new album on the road this June and playing these new tunes around the country.

‘Emperor’s Box’ is a real return to form for Katie – back to her beloved lush, organic band sound and strong and inspiring personal stores and has been widely critically acclaimed, with Rolling Stone Magazine’s 4 star review saying “it is a joy to hear Noonan return to the more traditional pop of Emperor’s Box, albeit with a sumptuous and skewed take on the art form that combines the experimental beauty of Sigur Ros and Radiohead with the dark, dreamy atmospherics of 27” and Kathy McCabe describing it as “deliciously over-the-top alternative pop”.
 
Emperor's Box is Katie’s second release for Sony Music, and is the follow-up to the Brisbane-based artist’s Blackbird, her well-received jazz and 2009 Aria-winning project issued in 2008. This time round, Katie has penned all the songs. As has been the case throughout much of her stellar career, the songstress has teamed with some of the best in the business. The likes of Split Enz great Tim Finn, rising star Sia Furler, Cold Chisel icon Don Walker, pop troubador Josh Pyke and acclaimed Australian writer/poet Tom Shapcott are some of the big names who share writing credits on the new effort. Josh Pyke and Sia also appear on the album on their respective co-written tracks.

EMPEROR’S BOX NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR
WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS THE JEZABELS **

JUNE 5, TANKS ARTS CENTRE, CAIRNS
www.ticketlink.com.au 1300 855 835

JUNE 11, THE GOVERNOR HINDMARSH HOTEL, ADELAIDE **
www.thegov.com.au www.moshtix.com.au 1300 GET TIX (438 849)

JUNE 12, THE FLY BY NIGHT, FREMANTLE
http://www.flybynight.org 08 9430 5976
w’ Timothy Nelson & The Infidels / Goodnight Tiger

JUNE 13, THE FLY BY NIGHT, FREMANTLE
http://www.flybynight.org 08 9430 5976
w’ Ghost Hotel / Wolves at the Door

JUNE 18, THE HI FI, MELBOURNE **
www.thehifi.com.au 1300 843 434 www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545

JUNE 19, METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY **
www.themetrotheatre.com.au (02) 9550 3666

JUNE 25, THE POWERHOUSE THEATRE, BRISBANE **
www.brisbanepowerhouse.org (07) 3358 8600

JUNE 26, JOE’S WATERHOLE, EUMUNDI **
www.musicliveatjoes.com (07) 5442 8144
Tickets also available @ Joe’s Waterhole Eumundi,
Backbeat Records Maroochydore and Shake it up Music Nambour