Artist : Wire Daisies
Album : Wire Daisies
Label : EMI
Genre : Rock
Bitrate : 228 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:16:28 (28.2MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-03
Store date : 2007-05-07
[Track List]
1. Wake Up 4:09
2. Rocket Girl 4:00
3. Silver Top 4:25
4. Tongue Tied 3:54
It says much about the credibility of their musicianship
and song-writing that in their relatively short time as a
gigging band the Wire Daisies have been invited to perform
as opening artists for such a wide range of musicians and
performers as Robbie Williams, Deep Purple and Seal.
Wire Daisies are Treana Morris vocals and guitars, Alden
Evans guitars, Ol Beach keyboards and Steve Jackson drums.
The band was formed in 2002 when Ol joined Treana, Alden
and Steve in Cornwall, having previously spent some time
in London with Treana writing and recording.
It was Roger Taylor from Queen who first discovered Treana
Morris singing in his local pub in Cornwall. He took
Treana and her band on tour with him and introduced her to
Queen's manager Jim Beach. Anthony Cauchi from Outside
Line in London and Jim Beach had just formed an online
digital record label, Transistor Project, specifically to
develop and promote emerging artists. Wire Daisies signed
to Transistor Project and after a further period of
writing, gigging and recording the band went into Sawmills
Studio in Fowey to record their first album, Just Another
Day, produced by John Cornfield (Oasis, Muse, Supergrass,
Razorlight) in 2003. The band then signed a worldwide
publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing.
Wire Daisies set about earning their live wings with
festival performances including Rock AM Ring, the Montreux
Jazz and Womad festivals where they played with Air, Jamie
Cullum and Alicia Keys among others. Their 2004 debut
album, Just Another Day, went straight to No. 1 in the
French and UK iTunes charts. The lead single "Make
Everything Change" was Record of the Day and then Single
of the Week on iTunes. This was followed by an invitation
to perform alongside James Blunt at the Digital Music
Awards. The band then went on to support Starsailor on
their "On The Outside" European Tour.
With the album riding high in the iTunes charts the band
continued to tour the UK extensively with a mix of
headline performances and support slots for the likes of
13 Senses, Melanie C and Stephen Fretwell. The Wire
Daisies kick started 2005 with the release of the
stunningly beautiful Everyman, which Radio 2 added
straight to their B playlist and the track subsequently
entered the Top 20 airplay charts. The band signed a major
deal with EMI Continental Europe and also EMI's UK label
Angel, who saw the potential and organic growth the band
had made and wanted to build on the current success and
take it to a new level both in the UK and Internationally.
Early 2006 saw Wire Daisies perform 3 stadium support
slots with their EMI label mate Robbie Williams as he
kicked off his world tour in South Africa. These shows
marked a return for Treana to the country where she
performed with Queen, Anastacia, Beyonce, Eurythmics and
Bono at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert at Greenpoint
Stadium in Nov 2003.
Later in 2006 the Wire Daisies went back into the studio
and recorded their second album with John Cornfield at
their own studio in Cornwall, The Barn, Redruth. With a
rockier vein, the second album, eponymously entitled Wire
Daisies, highlights the eclectic mix of the band's
writing. The album moves from out-and-out rock tracks such
as "Wake Up" and "Time Will Tell" to full-bloodied Treana
Morris' ballads, such as "Never Meant To Hurt You",
"Silver Top" and "Leaving So Soon".
The second Wire Daisies album "Wire Daisies" is scheduled
for release by Angel Records on the joint Transistor
Project / idRecords imprint, first week of May 2007.