Columbia Records Set to Release U.S. Edition of 'Smile... It Confuses People,' the Debut Album From Scottish Singer-Songwriter Sandi Thom

Columbia Records Set to Release U.S. Edition of 'Smile... It Confuses People,' the Debut Album From Scottish Singer-Songwriter Sandi Thom

Sandi's Album Debuts at #1 On U.K. Charts

In Stateside Stores Tuesday, September 12

NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records will release Smile... It Confuses People, the debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Sandi Thom, on Tuesday, September 12.

Released in the U.K. on June 5, 2006, Smile... It Confuses People entered the U.K. album charts at #1, driven in part by the phenomenal success of Sandi's hit single and signature track, "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)," a #1 U.K. single and a #1 U.K. iTunes download.

Too broke to go on the road on a traditional tour, 24-year-old Sandi Thom became a U.K. sensation when the Internet-savvy singer-songwriter decided to set up a webcam in her South London flat and stage a three week "21 Nights From Tooting" world tour from her basement. Sandi spread the word via Myspace.com and her own site (www.sandithom.com), inviting fans to watch the "tour" live on the web or in person at the truly underground venue of her basement (capacity 10 people). Pulling in a modest audience of 70 on the first night, Sandi had more than 70,000 web viewers, from as far away as the US, Russia, and New Zealand, by the end of her virtual "tour," thanks to the wildfire enthusiasm of fans on the Internet spreading the news.

Less than two weeks after "21 Nights From Tooting," Sandi Thom signed a contract for five albums with RCA Label Group in the U.K. in front of the very same webcam in her Tooting basement, making it the first webcast signing in major record label history.

Drawing on a musical palette that varies from Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley through Carole King and Stevie Nicks to Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, Smile... It Confuses People seamlessly blends folk and soul strains and influences. Sandi takes a similar approach lyrically, bringing together a diverse range of themes and subjects from broken hearts and newborn relationships through musicians and musicianship to the current world's preoccupation with "progress."

Sandi Thom will be touring North America later this summer:

Jul 26 San Francisco, Ca Cafe Du Nord
Jul 27 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe
Jul 29 San Diego, Ca House Of Blues (small room)
Jul 30 Los Angeles, Ca Hotel Cafe
Aug 1 Boston, Ma Paradise Lounge
Aug 2 New York, NY Joe's Pub
Aug 4 Boulder, Co AAA Convention
Aug 5 Philadelphia, Pa World Cafe (upstairs)
Aug 7 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
Aug 8 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
Aug 9 Chicago, Il Schubas
Aug 10 Minneapolis, MN Ascot Room @ The Quest
Aug 12 Toronto El Mocambo

Source: Columbia Records

CONTACT: Maggie Wang, Columbia Records, Media, New York,
+1-212-833-8208, Maggie.Wang@sonybmg.com

Web site: http://www.sandithom.com/
http://www.myspace.com/sandiofficial
http://www.columbiarecords.com/

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