Siasome people have REAL problems(Monkey Puzzle Records/Hear Music)North American Tour Sold Out; Next Stop Europe and Coachella!Following appearances on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Sia has just completed a 22-city North American Tour that was completely sold out. Now she’s off to Europe, where she will tour through the rest of March and April, returning to the U.S. to perform at Coachella on Sunday, April 27.Originally known as the vocalist for Zero 7 (Simple Thin...
Siasome people have REAL problems(Monkey Puzzle Records/Hear Music)North American Tour Sold Out; Next Stop Europe and Coachella!Following appearances on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Sia has just completed a 22-city North American Tour that was completely sold out. Now she’s off to Europe, where she will tour through the rest of March and April, returning to the U.S. to perform at Coachella on Sunday, April 27.Originally known as the vocalist for Zero 7 (Simple Things, When It Falls and The Garden), Sia made her first splash as a solo artist when her song “Breathe Me” was featured in the final episode of “Six Feet Under” in late 2005, and which shot to #1 on iTunes the following day. Buzz about Sia’s new release began on the internet last summer, when Perez Hilton leaked a video for “Buttons”, which is a hidden track on some people have REAL problem. The video was an underground hit, becoming the #1 most linked and #2 most viewed clip on YouTube that week. Since then she has become a critic’s darling, garnering praise from People, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Rollingstone, Spin, ABC News, Associated Press, New York Times, and dozens of other publications.The new music on some people have REAL problems is at once upbeat, quirky, and achingly gorgeous, featuring incredible song writing and lush arrangements. Sia also enlisted the help of a few talented friends when recording some people have REAL problems, including Beck, who sings on a track called 'Academia.'Music critics nationwide agree that some people have REAL problems is one of Sia’s finest:“…stunning.”- Entertainment Weekly (A-), January 11, 2008“Sultry and soulful, Sia creates an alluring mood on her third solo album. This Australian native …possesses a quirky cool that gives her music real character.” – People, January 28, 2008 “Sia’s Some People Have Real Problems is an excellent soundtrack for a cold January spent bundled up indoors…” – ABC News, January 8, 2008"...you'll want to get caught up in the drama Sia has to offer on her second solo CD. The former Zero 7 singer's scratchy, raw voice brims with emotion on these stark but engaging songs about broken dreams and fractured relationships...Sia expresses her pain with vivid imagery that ranges from dreamily poetic to painfully realistic."- Associated Press, January 13, 2008 “… a Feist-y, airy crowd-pleaser of jazzy electropop.” – WIRED, January 2008"...Sia Furler vacillates...between Norah Jones smoky and Beth Orton ambient. At her most distinctive though, the former vocalist for electro-soul pioneers Zero 7 is something stranger and sadder..." – Spin, January 2008“With her cathedral-organ pipes and a peacock’s flair, Sia makes brainy, R&B-fueled pop that places her comfortably beside Nelly Furtado and Dido.”- Details, December 2007“The Australian-born songstress…blends soulful, mature vocals with an outright playfulness.” - Playgirl, January 2008“’The Girl You Lost to Cocaine’ is a defiant anthem spiked with horns.” - The Wall Street Journal, January 2008“From the moment she slips into her [opening track] ‘Little Black Sandals” she grabs your heart.” – Chicago Tribune, Dec. 30, 2007
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