Renee-Louise Carafice: Album Release Tour - Dunedin

Gifted singer-songwriter Renee-Louise Carafice returns to NZ for a tour of intimate venues around the country to promote the release of her debut album ’Tells you to Fight’.

With special guest Tim Guy.

In 2003, Renee-Louise Carafice was institutionalized at Auckland's Te Whetu Tawera with severe depression. As a means of coping in this challenging time, Carafice wrote an illustrated book of songs about her experiences, later referring to them as her 'hospital songs'. As soon as she was able, Renee-Louise Carafice released these songs to the public, through live performances with her band ‘Operation’ and through student radio.

95bFM featured her first single, ‘Lorazopam’ on its top ten chart for 4 straight weeks, only 8 months after her hospital release. Renee-Louise attempted to convey her experience of mental illness in a gentle, sometimes teasing, often touching musical format, which quickly saw the public reacting with fascination and support. She toured New Zealand with US acts Crooked Fingers and Micah P Hinson, as well as opening for David Pajo.

When performing live, she will be using multiple instruments at once, moving between keyboards, guitar and children’s instruments to create a layered and full-sounding solo act. Her music is intended by nature to challenge her audience and, in a kind way, to open their eyes.

This will be NZ audiences only chance to catch Renee-Louise in quite a while as she will be returning to Chicago at the end of the tour.

Renee-Louise has recently signed to NZ independent label, Monkey Records, who will be releasing her album on 28th July through Rhythm Method. The album’s first single ‘Bodhisattva’ recently went to number one on the Kiwi FM charts and the video is getting good airplay on Juice, C4 and Alt TV.

Tickets available form www.undertheradar.co.nz, or at the venues.