BUY THE CD USA Europe BAND MEMBERS: Tessa - vocals, guitar Susannah - vocals, keys Ewan - bass, guitar Stuart - guitar Saul - drums Little Aida celebrate the chaotic nature of collective "reality." They rummage through the madness of contemporary life in search of the spirit. Creating a soundtrack for the apocalypse, Little Aida frame their unique vision of the world with enigmatic imagery that frees the imagination. The weird, wonderful and profoundly spiritual lyrics meander somewhere between a child-like wonder at the world and the dark solace of earthy wisdom. Written by two sisters on their travels, the music is instilled with memories of the disturbed European fairytale, the vast Australian desert skies and the Californian dream. MAD COUNTRY is Little Aida's first LP release since 1996's "CONFESSIONS" (produced by Ninja Tunes' DJ Vadim.) LISTEN myspace.com/littleaida

LITTLE AIDA "MAD COUNTRY" Mixed & Mastered by KRAMER at Noise Miami Available Now PRESS "Since Little Aida released their debut full-length, Confessions, way back in 1996 not much has been heard from the Australian band. Apparently, both the group's lead singer Tessa Rubinstein and her keyboard-playing sister Susannah went walkabout; Mad Country is the result. Mixed at Kramer's new studio Noise in Florida and signed to his newly-renamed, independent label Second-Shimmy (which sees ShimmyDisc back after a seven-year hiatus), the album contains songs that cast ripples of folk-melancholia over the sisters' very own technicolor dreamtime." popmatters.com "Little Aida is another band that has a style of music so unique that it cannot be categorized. I think its use of unorthodox chords and sound effects in the songs create an original blend of sounds. That is the best way to make music - not copy anyone else. These are some original melodies that stretch the boundaries of contemporary sounds into it's own niche. With a singer like Tessa who doesn't mind taking chances musically, Little Aida starts to structure and create its own style of music." metrospirit.com "Tessa and Susannah Rubenstein are more of a regular mellow modern rock outfit (y'know, on the same side of the universe as Mazzy Star) with a side of contemplative psychedelia. It's not hard to hear Kramer's atmospheric mix, but I dig that, too. Well done." Aiding and Abetting "Tessa's vocals follow the torch song legacy all the way from Billy Holliday to Beth Gibbons...The first time you hear this record will be very special indeed." (SINGLE OF THE WEEK) MELODY MAKER (UK) "Its all deeply melancholic; piano chords play a slow lament that could make the birds cry, a gossamer beat shimmers way off in the distance, Vadim slips in all sorts of eerie scratching and Tessa's voice slips through the whole thing like the last ghost left in the cemetery. Simply a classic." MUZIK (UK) DISTRIBUTION U.S. & Canada Distribution by Allegro / NAIL UK & Europe Distribution by CARGO UK Digital Download via ORCHARD DIGITAL (iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody, etc.) see www.theorchard.com for more on where you can download music from Second Shimmy