pear - Steph Barros Lees
(vocals and guitar)
the awkward orchestra -
Josef Muller - double bass
Myka Wallace-drums
Tilla- guitar and FX
Lachlan Mitchell - miscellaneous and vocals
extended awkward orchestra:
Kelly Dowall-clarinet
Crystal Hildred-trombone
Xana Chambers- harmony vocals
Sophie Adamus-cello
Matilda Alexander - saxophone
Influences
jazz- particularly ella fitzgerald; truly i am sad that my sound is more like billie; sigur ros and the pixies, strange bedfellows but my dearest of companions; radiohead; anja garbareck; lamb; stina nordenstam; bjork; fiona apple; joanna newsom; java; jazz jazz jazz jazz jazz jazz
Sounds Like
“…she is unafraid of using all the tones she is capable of producing” -Lonnie martin The Folk Rag
Sweet juicy and unique, pear and the awkward orchestra are a quirky, memorable musical offering; whimsical folkpoproots from a mini-orchestra of diverse instrumentation and sparse arrangements supporting an emotive and powerful voice and gritty, personal songs.
“poetic, original songs…..extraordinarily brave vocal style”
- Lonnie Martin, Folk Rag.
EP Russian Doll is available through Rocking Horse Records (Brisbane), through CD Baby online and at performances. Upcoming projects include a new website and film-clip supported by the Australia Arts Council.
Oh dear time traveller, you are an instant favourite of mine... such beautiful songs Steph! thank you for joining me the other night and I will see you soon. Al
Thanks for adding me to your mailing list. I really love your music and have been blabbing about it to everyone. Hope your shows go really well. I just might see you there.
My pics from sunday are up in my pics-last album,on the second page and on page 3..Please leave a comment so I know youve seen because there is a limit on photos on my space..Sorry I didnt get to sat G'day but we both had to fly..ha ha
Hey honey! I'm on ZzZ tonight to play in promotion of our Troub SHOW on SUNDAY NIGHT! So excited! Do you have a poster for the gig that I can put on my myspace?
Heya Pear (beaut name)
How's things going with your music? What projects are you working on at the moment?
Im working on bringin' a new album out. Some tracks up are already, if you're keen to have a squiz.
