Soulful double act Atira are preparing to release their debut album Butterfly Rocket.
Founding members Melissa Erpen and Chris Targett are the heart of this band, but they’ve enlisted a who’s who of Aussie talent on this album, including Thirsty Merc’s bassist Phil Stack, Marcia Hines’ percussionist Tony Azzopardi, and fellow Perthite Howie Morgan.
They recorded the album at Sydney’s Electric Avenue Studios with ARIA award winning engineer Paul McKercher (Eskimo Joe and Sarah Blasko), and sent it off to Los Angeles for final mixing and mastering by Matt Marrin (Chaka Khan, Usher) and Gavin Lurssen (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss).
Of course, all the talent in the world won’t help you if you don’t have a solid core. Melissa and Chris deliver on that score too with their easy blend of smooth soul, R ‘n’ B, and funky grooves.
The album will hit stores on October 14, the same day they’ll launch it for their home town audience at Perth’s Fly By Night.
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