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NASHVILLE ARTIST DANIELLE CORMIER

"EASES HOLIDAY HEARTACHE" (-AUDIOFEMME)

WITH "THIS TIME LAST YEAR"

Video Premieres Today On Popwrapped

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Nashville, Tenn. - Nashville singer/songwriter Danielle Cormier has released a holiday-inspired piano ballad titled "This Time Last Year" produced by Adam Lester (Peter Frampton) and co-written with Karlie Bartholomew. Today, the video premieres at Popwrapped.

It's a very personal song as Danielle explains, "Karlie and I had talked about writing a holiday song earlier in the year and then we both suffered tragic losses; her grandfather passed away and then my father passes away about a month later. After that I knew the song had to be about how different the holidays would be without such important people in our lives."

Keeping with the intimate nature of the song, Danielle used personal home movies for the video: "They say that the firsts are always difficult after losing someone, especially the holidays. We wanted to write a holiday song about how everything changes after they are gone. The traditions you once knew are no longer the same. Unfortunately this year, a lot of people will be able to relate to that. This video compiles memories of Christmas’ past with footage from home videos and allows my father’s memory to live on.”

"The single shares many typical elements of holiday songs: minimalistic piano and strings, lyrics about stockings and snow angels, and even sleigh bells. But unlike the cheery mood of your usual Christmas music, Cormier somberly sings about holidays that 'aren't the same' and 'presents wrapped without your name.' Perhaps the most poignant line is, 'I keep expecting you to walk through the door/Just like every winter before.'" - AudioFemme

"While 'This Time Last Year' was written as an intimate reflection, it encompasses a larger and more universal tone... evokes that bereaved emotion and makes it palpable and tangible..." - American Songwriter

"This piano ballad track gives us all the feels... Holiday music is best when it is hopeful, while still bringing some melancholy with it to the party. Cormier realizes this and beautifully brings this relationship to life." - Ear To The Ground Music

About Danielle Cormier:

Danielle Cormier debuted with Fire and Ice (2018) an “extraordinary” (- Popmatters ) album produced by Adam Lester, a guitarist for Peter Frampton. Frampton played guitar on the track “Can’t Quit You.” She released her first holiday single, “Christmas Is You” in 2018 which gained more than 3 million listens on Spotify. The following year she released “Coming Home This Christmas”.

Danielle Cormier Gets Into The Holiday Spirit With “Coming Home This Christmas” - American Songwriter

“a pure and powerful voice for the new age” -Glide Magazine

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NATALIE SCHLABS PREMIERES ENCOURAGEMENT ANTHEM “SEE WHAT I SEE” VIA AUDIOFEMME

NEW LP DON’T LOOK TOO CLOSE SET FOR RELEASE ON OCTOBER 16TH

Schlabs’ voice possesses an audible kindness to it that allows her to carry her performance with the calmness and sincerity necessary to portray a song crafted on the kind of love that overreaches any one type of relationship. - American Songwriter

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Natalie Schlabs has released “See What I See,” the second single from her forthcoming album Don’t Look Too Close, due out October 16th, just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. “If your life feels like an endless struggle right now…Natalie Schlabs has a message of hope for you. Her latest single, ‘See What I See,’ reassures people in various difficult situations that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, even if they can’t see it at the moment,” said Audiofemme of the song, written to lend encouragement to those who are struggling. “I think we can all offer our eyes to someone when they’re having a hard time, imagining they will be OK again,” Schlabs told Audiofemme.

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“See What I See” follows lead single “Home Is You,” a song about that person who is your “person.” “Romantic, timeless love songs are great, but what about other kinds of love? Best friends, childhood neighbors, brothers and sisters, a mentor and mentee, family. This is just the kind of angle singer-songwriter Natalie Schlabs poses in many of her songs, including her latest, “Home Is You,” said American Songwriter in its premiere of the track. In this time of social distancing, Schlabs got creative with the song’s video. “Even with COVID-19 keeping many of us apart, artists everywhere are still finding ways to put forth creativity and hope,” said Underground Music Collective. “As for the video? It features at-home footage of Schlabs and her closest family and friends — including fellow musicians like Robby Hecht, the members of Oliver the Crow, Betsy Phillips, and gospel/soul powerhouse Liz Vice. With ‘Home Is You,’ we get a personal look at the quality time spent between loved ones — all of whom happen to be singing along to this undeniably catchy tune.”

LISTEN: “HOME IS YOU”

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The nine tracks that comprise Don’t Look Too Close, the second full-length effort from the Texas-bred Nashville-based artist, live in the tension between the beauty and heartbreak surrounding our closest relationships. The songs were written when Schlabs was pregnant with her first child, which caused a lot of reflection on her own upbringing and how she wanted to raise him. The album’s title came from the idea that "he’s going to see all the worst of me, be hurt by the worst of me, as much as I don’t want him to, and, as much as I want to be the best for him. I was thinking about how to raise a child, how to pass down values. There’s a dismantling of what I thought I knew,” she explains. “What do I value in my life and where did those things come from? What do I want to share with my children and what do I want to spare them from?”

Don’t Look Too Close steps into indie territory with a compelling mix of instrumentation laced with solo vocals that bloom into easy, delicate harmonies. Co-produced by Juan Solorzano and Zachary Dyke, with Caleb Hickman on saxophone and Joshua Rogers on bass, the album swells and ebbs with elegant, absorbing shapes. The songs are moody, candid, and tender, each featuring Schlabs’ characteristically sleek vocals front-and-center, backed by charming instrumental moments that add form and depth to the melodies.

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