ARTIST PROFILE
Madam is the music project of singer and songwriter Sukie Smith "fragile voiced chanteuse"
MADAM a.k.a Sukie Smith, joined Reveal in early 2007. A first single "Call America" was released in May on delicious pink heavy weight vinyl and mini 3"cd with her debut album "In case of Emergency" following in early 2008.
REVIEWS
Review Feb 2008. Lobster Quadrille
MADAM In Case of Emergency
Reveal Records
Previous to In Case of Emergency I'd heard two Madam singles and really appreciated the late-night, underworld elegance of 'Calling For Love' and 'Call America'. But I didn't expect their debut album to be this good. This is most cohesive debut I've heard for a long long time. And is unquestionably one of the best albums of the year so far.
'Fall On Your Knees' is a rich, dreamlike song that walks the line between beauty and sadness. The slide guitar is particularly effective.
The insomniac blues of 'Call America' is outstanding and is evocative of the voodoo-lounge sound of Chris Isaac and the films of David Lynch. Nick Cave is another name that springs to mind listening to the inspired western 'Superfast Highway'. What a track.
'Strange Love' owes something to To Bring You My Love-era Polly Jean Harvey but arrives at a less abrasive though equally memorable conclusion. Sukie Smith's intimate voice is something special, but Madam's real talent is in perfectly mixing the soft with the skewed. The production is nothing short of inspired with feedback guitar solos mixed with shimmering pedal steel and more traditional double bass and drum sounds. Perhaps the highpoint is the confessional 'Rope Trick', a wistful, ghostly tale perfectly set to music.
Like an imaginary soundtrack to An American Dream, full of desire, sadness and beauty, In Case of Emergency is a surrealist masterpiece.
"Combining the surreal charm of Kate Bush with the edgy urgency of the Velvet Underground, this curious hybrid has no right to sound as fresh and futuristic as it does. Gripping stuff. " (teletext)
'Madam returns with another excellent three and a bit minutes of late-night Americana. Calling For Love is a sultry, lonesome ballad that shuffles along like Nick Cave in lounge mode. The surreal, almost narcotic production puts you in mind of David Lynch again, and the good news is that Sukie Smith still sounds like Chris Isaak's edgier younger sister. All very cool.
I think Madam has an album out next year, but Sukie's handwriting is so bad I can't be sure! Still, nevermind the handwriting, the songwriting is marvellous.'
Listen at http://www.myspace.com/madammusic
RP - review from lobster quadrille
"its a fantastic, sultry slice of quintessentially English poise that denotes a major talent in the noble art of smoky chanteusery... Call America sees Smiths band provide a timelessly atmospheric backdrop to her crystal-clear vocals that creates a truly vintage emotion. In the menagerie of genres embarked upon here, an alt-classical number is one of few were yet to encounter."....... tangents webzine.... Sukie has just completed a soundtrack for the debut feature film of Neophyte Films.............."Hush your mouth"an urban ghost story....,"unexpected and heartbreaking"music....
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