LACHI turns struggle with blindness into one of the most stirring debuts of the year.

Brooklyn-based songwriter and all-blind band to play NYC’s Joe’s Pub, July 22. Album out July 27.

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PLAY & POST

“We Can Fly” is the first single from LACHI

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://fairtilizer.com/track/lachi-wecanfly

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/lachi/mp3/lachi-wecanfly.mp3

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More about LACHI:

LACHI and her very talented all-blind band are ready to bring her timeless songbook to the world via the soulful and stirring LACHI album. Born Mellissa Ulachi Ulanma Offoha and known to family and friends as LACHI, this Brooklyn-based singer and pianist is a songwriter of great emotional depth.

Born visually impaired, LACHI was a complete shut in and almost clinically mute throughout school. Her mother noticed she was into music and bought LACHI a keyboard at a young age. Afterwards, she would lock herself in her room and begin to write innumerable songs. As LACHI grew, the incessant, often physical, teasing from others grew as well and LACHI would turn to the keys for comfort.

After a surgery to correct a severe lazy eye, LACHI’s confidence increased and she became more social and gained some popularity points with her many musical endeavors at the University of North Carolina, propelling her to move to New York City. Though LACHI eventually became a social butterfly, inside she was still that quiet, thoughtful person true to her insecurities who continued to express this side of herself alone to the keys.

Consequently, the ugliness LACHI faced growing up has enabled her to create music more beautiful than if she hadn’t dealt with such things. The first single from LACHI is essentially her manifesto. “We Can Fly” (MP3) is a song about overcoming, perseverance, and the triumph of the spirit. The track will appear on LACHI’s self-titled debut album to be released by Fanatic Records on July 27^th, 2010. LACHI will play a very special record release show at Joe’s Pub in NYC on July 22^nd, 2010.

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LACHI
LACHI
(Fanatic Records, 7/27/10)

Track Listing:
01. These Words
02. We Can Fly (MP3)
03. Slow Down
04. Ugly Beautiful
05. Emo Children
06. Funny Girl
07. Dear Happiness
08. See No Evil
09. Naked Man
10. Wear Me Out
11. You Never Do

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LACHI Live

06/12 Milwaukee, WI @ Pridefest 2010
06/16 New York, NY @ Selis Manor
06/21 New York, NY @ Abe Lebewohl Park Make Music NY
07/09 New York, NY @ D Lounge
07/17 Queens, NY @ The Beer Garden @ Bohemian Hall
07/22 New York, NY @ Joe's Pub LACHI Record Release Show
07/25 Long Island, NY @ East End Green Fest
08/12 Bethleham, PA @ Musikfest

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LACHI Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : MYSPACE : TWITTER : YOUTUBE

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion, Inc.

WEBSITE : TWITTER : FACEBOOK : E-MAIL

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