Lullaby Baxter Gears Up For National Release Of Second Album Garden Cities Of To-Morrow On August 22, 2006

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Boompa recording artists LULLABY BAXTER is gearing up for the release of Gardens Cities of To-Morrow on August 22, 2006. The follow-up to Capable Egg, their critically-acclaimed debut, this much-anticipated album marks their first release in six years. A fascinating hybrid of jazz, pop and folk melded with a heavy dose of cabaret, the songwriting duo of Lullaby Baxter and Lutwidge Sedgewick have teamed up with the pop collective known as Hercules (Ben Sumner and Peter Baldwin) for this release. "I took risks that resulted in discovering recesses of talent I didn't even know I had," explains vocalist Lullaby Baxter about the new album. "I have matured and become a more sophisticated lady."

Musically, Garden Cities of To-Morrow can be seen as mature and sophisticated as well, however the playfulness from their debut Capable Egg is still alive and thriving. From the lilting jazzy skip of 'What's Wrong With You' to the snazzy, smokiness of "Mr. Golden Happiness" with its meandering violin and brush snare to the reverb-heavy organ of "Jet-Pack" with Lullaby's plaintive gauzy vocals, this album pulls together enough loungy atmosphere and velvet textures to outfit a large jazz club. The first single and video "Rattled Little Clam" shuffles along a samba beat while flutes and woodwinds flit around like bees around flower patch.

Collaborating on this record with Hercules brought their music to another level (the debut was a collaboration with hotshot backing band Oranj Symphonette), Lullaby says, "I chose them because they have a very original and distinct style. Their sweeping orchestral arrangements and moving chord progressions made me smitten."

Lullaby and Lutwidge have had a long illustrious career together. "My songwriting partner and I have known each other for 16 years," she explains, "and have been writing together for nine of those years." Releasing their debut Capable Egg on Atlantic Records in 2000, Lullaby Baxter became the toast of the town, garnering plaudits from Spin, Q Magazine, The Montreal Mirror, and The Village Voice among many others. Although it may seem that they have taken a breather between records, Lullaby has become a mother, wrote a 111-page manifesto called Sing Songs for People while writing and creating material for this album.

And now, with the imminent release of Garden Cities of To-Morrow, Lullaby Baxter has even bigger dreams and bigger plans than just releasing an album. "I want to stop waitressing once and for all and for some great act that I admire to hear about me and say, 'Oh my God, I am going to look so cool when I get her to open for me on my next worldwide tour because I'll be the first to expose her talents to a wider audience'," she laughs. "I'd like to open for The Dears, Arcade Fire, k.d. lang, Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Eleni Mandel, K-OS? I could go on and on." Something tells me that wish isn't too far off.

A full U.S. tour will be announced this Summer in support of the album's release. For more information log onto: boompa.ca/lullabybaxter and myspace.com/lullabybaxter.

What the Press Has Said...

"Polka, country, vaudeville, lounge and folk are twisted together into something approaching k.d. lang's wistful elegance ... A tough trick to pull off, but Baxter and Co. succeed in carving their own niche."- Q MAGAZINE.

"Baxter sings sweet 'n' goofy songs pitched midway between insinuating nursery rhymes and a sort of off-kilter feminine sophistication you might once have run across in places like Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel ... Baxter's beautiful, buttery-warm voice carries the day ... She's the capable egg of the title, and that's no yolk." -THE VILLAGE VOICE.

"Truly a treasure." - CMJ

"...the unexpected Easter egg found in the Garden of Eden" - Les Inrockuptibles (France)