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Miriam's sophomore album MAGNETIC in stores October 5th

Miriam Clancy debut album LUCKY ONE out now...

The NZ Herald - Best Sounds Of The Year
Best Of Elsewhere - Graham Reid - elsewhere.co.nz

"With just eleven songs on Lucky One, her stunning debut album, Auckland's Miriam Clancy has immediately claimed her place in the long Kiwi tradition of great singer-songwriters.

Inspired by the likes of Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Bob Seger and Sheryl Crow, this feisty young woman has delivered an album that impresses for its lyrical maturity, sophisticated songcraft, her commanding and distinctive voice, and the raw emotions on display.

Lucky One springs out of the speakers on catchy pop-rock tracks such as Dont Let It Get You Down, seduces with melodic subtlety on heartfelt ballads like Giving Up the Day and Dry Your Eyes, and reaches for those deep unspoken parts of the soul with songs of sorrow and loss like the very personal And So It Begins and The Game.

Lucky One is an album of texture and nuance, of memorable lyrics, and melodies which grab on the first hearing. Just great songs.

If intelligent singer-songwriters and Americana alt.country artists just off the edge of the mainstream appeal to you, then youll need no further invitation to listen up to Miriam Clancy.

She has stories to tell and a passionate voice full of emotional honesty.

It has been a long journey, but Miriam Clancy has arrived"

Graham Reid

REVIEWS
"beautifully beguiling, bare to the bones... An album to lose and find yourself in" ***** Mike Alexander, Sunday Star Times

Ron Sexsmith & Miriam Clancy Live at the Transmission Room. "TWO FINELY MATCHED SINGER-SONGWRITERS... really is something special, so is Miriam Clancy, the Auckland-based singer-songwriter getting some deserved attention for her independent debut Lucky One who opened the night with an impressive acoustic set which nicely dialled back the rockier numbers from the album and simply enchanted on the bittersweet ballads" Russell Baillie, NZ Herald

"Lucky One is mature, passionate and highly memorable." ***** Steve Scott, Waikato Times
"its hard not to hear ('Dry Your Eyes' and 'The Day The Earth Stood Still') as among the best songs Chrissie Hynde never wrote." **** Russell Baillie, NZ Herald

"CONCERT OF THE YEAR... Clancy is New Zealand's answer to Martha Wainwright. She is destined to go places." Steve Scott, Waikato Times.

"A name likely to be on everyone's lips this summer is Miriam Clancy ...Clancy has a sweet, powerful voice and her music has hints of rock, country and pop. A girlie version of Elliot Smith or Jeff Buckley - a soul laid bare, but with a pretty twist." Josie Steenhart, Pulp Magazine

"A rare talent that will knock your socks off Live!!" Roger Marbeck, Ode Records

"million dollar songs" Trevor Reekie, Radio NZ

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