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Erin McCarley

 
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Erin McCarley

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  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Drums, Piano, Guitar
  • Representative Albums: "Love, Save the Empty

Biography

Although based in Nashville, singer/songwriter Erin McCarley cut her teeth on the San Diego circuit, where she sang in a country cover band and spent her free time writing songs. She later partnered with producer/composer Jamie Kenney and relocated to Nashville, which brought her closer to her native Texas. Combining uplifting pop/rock hooks with McCarley's wide-ranging vocals, the duo wrote an album's worth of material before McCarley decamped to Austin for the 2008 South by Southwest Festival. Over the course of several days, she wowed enough industry personnel to secure a record deal with Universal Republic, which readied the release of her endearing debut album, Love, Save the Empty, for January 2009. Meanwhile, song placements in several TV shows (as well as a spot in the movie trailer for He's Just Not That into You) helped promote the upcoming record, resulting in its debut at number 82 on the Billboard charts. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide
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Background information
Born January 1979, Garland, Texas,
United States
Genres Alternative music
Occupations musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Labels Universal Republic
Associated acts Ten Out of Tenn
Website http://www.erinmccarley.com/

Erin McCarley (born January 15, 1979 in Garland, Texas) is an alternative music singer-songwriter.

McCarley attended college at Baylor University, and is now based in Nashville, Tennesee with her husband, Reid Rolls.[1][2] She has been compared to Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, Sheryl Crow, and Vanessa Carlton.[1][3] During 2008, she was part of the "Hotel Café Tour" playing across the United States, and also performed at the 2008 SxSW festival.[4][5] She was also part of the "Ten Out of Tenn" tour in Winter 2008/9. Her Universal Republic debut album, Love, Save the Empty, was released digitally on December 30, 2008 via iTunes. A physical album was expected January 6th, 2009. The first single from the album, "Pony (It's OK)" was the iTunes Single of the Week for the first week of 2009. Her music has been featured on the TV shows Kyle XY, One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, Hawthorne, and The Hills as well as in the film He's Just Not That Into You.[6] She was picked out by Andrew Leahey of the Washington Times as one of "4 to watch in early '09".[3] McCarley performed on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 6, 2009 and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 12, 2009.

Contents

Love, Save the Empty

Love, Save The Empty
Studio album by Erin McCarley
Released December 30, 2008 (digital)
January 6, 2009 (physical)
Genre Pop
Pop rock
Rock music
Alternative music
Label Universal Republic Records
Producer Jamie Kenney
Professional reviews

Love, Save the Empty is the debut album by McCarley. Jamie Kenney, McCarley's musical partner, produced the album and also arranged, played, and co-wrote most of the songs. The album was released digitally on iTunes on December 30, 2008. The hard copy was released on January 6, 2009. She toured throughout January to promote her release. Love, Save the Empty peaked at #5 on iTunes "Top Albums" chart on January 2, 2009, resulting in a #86 debut on the Billboard 200 in the issue dated January 17, 2009. The following week, the album rose ten spots to a new peak of 76. The song "Love, Save the Empty" is the song featured mostly in He's Just Not That into You and is the only song that has a music video of the film. Both "Love, Save the Empty" and "Pitter-Pat" were featured on the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy. "Love, Save the Empty" was included in the first season of the CW's show Privileged. "Pony (It's OK)" was featured in "One Tree Hill". In addition, all three of her singles have charted. Both "Pony (It's OK)" [7] and "Pitter-Pat" [8] have been on the Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) chart, and "Love, Save the Empty" made the Hot Adult Top 40 (or Hot AC) chart [9] as well as VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, where it peaked at #17. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Erin McCarley and Jamie Kenney except where noted.

  1. "Pony (It's OK)" – 3:26
  2. "Blue Suitcase" – 3:28
  3. "Sticky-Sweet" – 3:27
  4. "Lovesick Mistake" – 4:15
  5. "Love, Save the Empty" – 3:16
  6. "It's Not That Easy" (McCarley, Kenney, Daniel Rolfe) – 4:22
  7. "Hello/Goodbye" (McCarley) – 3:58
  8. "Pitter-Pat" – 4:19
  9. "SleepWalking" (McCarley, Kenney, Wayne Rodrigues) – 3:32
  10. "Bobble Head" (McCarley, Kenney, Greg Laswell, Shaun Shakel) – 3:22
  11. "Gotta Figure This Out" (McCarley) – 4:48

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • 2008 "Pony (It's OK)"
  • 2009 "Love, Save the Empty"
  • 2009 "Pitter-Pat"

References

  1. ^ a b Chase, Sandy (2008) "LIVE AND DANGEROUS: Erin McCarley floats with ease, Hana Pestle drowns and Joshua Radin sadly goes 'belly up': Recent performances at this venue have viewers either 'happy' or 'sad'.", The America's Intelligence Wire (regsitration required)
  2. ^ Zuckerman, Suzanne (2009) "Who's That: Singer Erin McCarley
  3. ^ a b Leahey, Andrew (2008) "4 to watch in early '09", Washington Times, December 26, 2008
  4. ^ The Hotel Café Tour 2008
  5. ^ Belz, Leigh (2008) "Erin McCarley checks in from the Hotel Cafe Tour", Teen Vogue, October 29, 2008
  6. ^ "Music Review: Erin McCarley – Love, Save the Empty", BlogCritics, December 12, 2008
  7. ^ http://www.popradiotop20.com/MB-AAA-2008.htm
  8. ^ http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=71216
  9. ^ http://totalpopularmusic.com/archives/HotAdult40_03-30-09.html
  10. ^ http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=65036

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