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Suzie Stapleton
Genre: Rock, Indie
Region: Melbourne, VIC
Members: SUZIE STAPLETON - vocals, guitar, piano CRAIG WILLIAMSON - drums, LEIF VAN DEN DUNGEN - bass. Guest GARETH SKINNER plays cello on My Cons Are Making A Cripple Out Of Me.
Sounds Like: PJ Harvey, Big Star, the drones
Influences: Nick Cave, Bright Eyes, mark lanegan
Artist Website: www.suziestapleton.com

SUZIE STAPLETON's voice commands a room. In an instant it spirals from a charcoal murmur to a thundering roar "like a 747 taking off." It wraps around words channeled from a primal source sometimes direct, and often disarmingly poetic.

2012 saw Stapleton return from a successful solo European tour that included appearances at France’s Binic Folk Blues Festival (Ty Segall, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds), and London Folk Festival. This was followed by a national tour to celebrate new EP OBLADI DIABLO which was released in October.

OBLADI DIABLO is the long-awaited follow up to 2009’s 45 REVELATIONS PER MINUTE. It was recorded at Melbourne’s Hothouse Studio with band members CRAIG WILLIAMSON (THESE IMMORTAL SOULS, LYDIA LUNCH, MAURICE FRAWLEY) on drums, and LEIF VAN DEN DUNGEN on bass. Guest cellist GARETH SKINNER (GOTYE, THE HOLY SEA, WAGONS) also appears on the record.

While comparisons drawn to Patti Smith, Nick Cave, and Marianne Faithful are flattering they’re almost too easy. She comes from their school, but she’s part of a new class.

It was in 2007 after Sydney-born Stapleton relocated to Melbourne that she performed two songs for the first time at an open-mic night in St Kilda. She was offered a gig on the spot.

In the few short years since, Stapleton has racked up many a show, touring nationally and gaining a following for her engaging performances, fierce guitar playing, and intelligent songwriting. She has performed and recorded with Australian rock & roll royalty including members of THE DRONES, BEASTS OF BOURBON, TEX, DON & CHARLIE, POWDER MONKEYS and TEMPERANCE UNION.


“Suzie Stapleton doesn’t fuck around. Her new release, 5-Track EP ‘Obladi Diablo’ has a Dirty Three and Nick Cave-like gritty Aussie folk quality to it; it breathes and broods and seethes and lives.”
Sheamus Duggan – Milk Bar Mag

“Each of the tracks on the EP is an antidote to the insidious disease that is flaccid pop… There’s a depth of expression and passion on Obladi Diablo you don’t find in the ordinary record. Pop music… needs a serious prod from songwriters like Suzie Stapleton to remind it just what good music can sound like.”
Patrick Emery – Beat Magazine

"Murky and powerfully voiced ballads from a bluesy Melbourne songstress....She sounds like the devil convincing you to sell your soul."
Frances Vinall – Tone Deaf

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Played on digital radio Bring Back The Night
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My Cons Are Making a Cripple Out of Me
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Hit
rating:  4/5
Suzie, you're awesome. Recieved your music in my pigeon hole at work. Magic Dirt vibes that put you up there with (Adalita) some of the most powerful...
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Hit
rating:  4/5
A slow melancholy rock ballad! The slow droning guitars create a thick stoner rock atmosphere that gradually builds in energy to hit a massive solo t...
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My Cons Are Making a Cripple Out of Me
rating:  4/5
A massive graveling blusey rock tune! There is all manner of layering here creating a thick and heavy atmosphere! Suzie's Melissa Etheridge like voca...
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My Cons Are Making a Cripple Out of Me
rating:  4/5
Often a move to a fancier studio can lead to drowning in unnecessary ornaments, but the enhanced production here adds a new layer to your music. Text...
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