Nashville meets L.A. as veteran songwriters Kate
Tucker, Ross Flournoy make “The Big Score,” out May 19th. Hear “Burn
Eternal” now.
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Little
Reader (L-R): Kate Tucker, Ross Flournoy. Photo credit: Dan Long.
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Go to Iceland with Shan
Turner-Carroll in the video
for “Speed of Light” by Little Reader at Team
Coco!
[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXkd9CnIfbg
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“Put on your dancing shoes and go on the
trip of a lifetime.” — Conan O’Brien Presents: Team Coco
“Little Reader have laboriously cemented
their sun-bleached version of pop.” — Popdust
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“You know the phrase ‘It was a messy breakup’? Well
that’s what hit me when Ross brought
the beginnings of ‘Burn
Eternal,’” says Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kate Tucker of the inspiration behind the latest single from the upcoming
debut album by Little Reader, Tucker’s new and unexpected pop music
collaboration with Los Angeles-based songwriter and guitarist, Ross Flournoy, late of Merge Records bands The Broken West and Apex Manor.
The duo’s debut album The Big Score (out May 19th) was produced by Mark Watrous of The Shins.
For his part, Flournoy
explains, “This is a song I had started eight or nine years ago but never
finished. When Kate and I started
writing together, I dusted it off and we finished it. I love her singing on
this one — especially all her harmonies on the choruses. We were going for an
early 80s Pretenders kind of thing.”
Also out now is the music video for the first Little Reader single “Speed of Light,” featuring the
life-affirming dance moves of visual artist Shan Turner-Carroll. The clip, shot in Iceland, streaming now via Team
Coco or YouTube, and the
song already available via the usual streaming providers, as well.
In addition to working on their own projects, Tucker and Flournoy have both found success writing for others in recent
years. If you’ve watched Jake Tapper’s
CNN show, then you’ve heard Flournoy’s theme music, and Tucker has found herself on stage at
the Sundance Film Festival for her
work in film scoring and soundtracks. Between the two of them, dozens of
television shows have used Tucker
and Flournoy’s songs.
So, when these two met for the first time, in the
hills over Los Angeles, it was merely to try writing together at the request of
their publisher Rough Trade, or as Tucker jokes, “It was basically as
blind a date as a co-write can be.” But, as we now know, the pair ultimately
decided to take it all the way, and soon, Flournoy
was in Nashville recording with Kate and her mates.
The Big Score by Little Reader arrives May 19th, preceded by the single “Burn Eternal,” and the single
and music video “Speed of Light.” Little Reader is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Little Reader
The
Big Score
May 19th, 2017
Track Listing:
01. Speed of Light (SOUNDCLOUD
| SPOTIFY | MP3
| VIDEO)
02. Running Toward the Sun
03. Burn Eternal (SOUNDCLOUD
| MP3)
04. Give It
05. Light as a Feather
06. Disappearing One
07. Love Lust Life
08. Strange Lightning
09. Best Regret
10. Here Forever
11. Point of No Return (Bonus Track)
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Little Reader Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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