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For Fans Of: Fiona Apple, Tegan and Sara

By the time she finished high school, Charlotte had written over
100 songs. She began playing with her five-man band (Jessie
Poland And The Pilots) for people in and around the New
Brunswick, NJ area, eventually making treks to New York and
other larger venues, opening for artists like Pat Monahan. After
signing with Crush Management in Manhattan in 2004, she
became the subject of an ElleGirl magazine profile about a high
school girl on a mission to land a record-label deal. While Ms.
Sometimes was being trailed by a writer and photographer,
though, she developed condylar resorption, a jaw disease. The
magazine article, which captured her ordeal, was published, but
her record-deal ambitions were dashed for some time by the need
for facial-reconstruction surgery. Still, she continued to pursue
her music career relentlessly, and now her hard work is paying
off: with the release of her debut album, “Waves and the Both of
Us,” she has been touring the country with her new band,
Charlotte Sometimes, spreading her lyrics and eclectic set list to
everyone who'll listen.

For Fans Of: Lilly Allen, Regina Spektor

Growing up in Harrow , London , Nash first became interested in
music during her childhood when she learned to play the piano.
She attended St. John Fisher school and moved onto the St. Joan
of Arc School in Rickmansworth. Her talents were harnessed
further when she wrote songs for her GCSE in Music and her time
studying at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
in Croydon, South London . Her first love was acting and she
made moves to start a career in acting by auditioning at the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School but was rejected. In the days after
her rejection she fell down a flight of stairs, breaking her foot.
During her recovery Nash was unable to move and found solace
in song writing. She began to write some new songs, finished old
ones and decided that she would book herself a gig at a local bar
to showcase her songs, and subsequently decided to start a
career in music. Nash’s early live performances saw her play a
number of cover versions, including a skiffle reworking of Robbie
Williams’ Rudebox and an interpretation of the One Foot In The
Grave theme tune. After a few gigs, Nash uploaded her music to
the popular website MySpace. Her music soon began to receive
support from users of the site, and Nash found herself a manager,
proceeding to look for producers for her music.

For Fans Of: Saosin, The Starting Line

"National Product" are words that describe more than just the 6 best friends who
create sincere and passionate music. They are words that symbolize all that has been
done to overcome life's obstacles and they are words that define individuality as much
as they define a 'one' band of brothers. The music of National Product is like a
soundtrack that celebrates the good and bad moments that make up our life experience.
On the debut album LUNA, every instrument and vocal line are thoughtfully woven
together to create a union of melody and emotion, of hope and desperation that are
sure to leave even the most skeptic listeners feeling something, while still inspiring the
tapping of feet and singing along to the infectious tracks that make up the album.
LUNA will captivate as well as do its best to steal your heart.