Elíza Newman - Pie in the Sky - Bad Taste

Pie in the Sky is Elíza Newman's second debut album. It was recorded and mixed in London and Iceland with producer Gísli Kristjánsson and contains ten original songs, incuding the number one hit Ukulele Song For You, and new single Hopeless Case. Elíza, known as former lead singer of all-girl Icelandic band Bellatrix and rock band Skandinavia, has been instrumental this year in the Trúbatrix movement, which promotes Icelandic female artist with gigs around Iceland and with a release of a compilation album called Trubatrix - Taka 1.

Elíza was just a teen when she formed the all-girl punk rock outfit Bellatrix / Kolrassa Krókrídandi. They went on to release four albums on Iceland's veteran Bad Taste (Smekkleysa SM) label and in the process earned the tag of hottest female band to come out of Iceland; as well as signing to Fierce Panda for the release of their fourth album, and a co-headlining UK tour with Coldplay.

Kerrang! described Elíza as being a ‘spectacular vocal talent!’, while NME praised her as a ‘exhilarating, unhinged, untutored rough pop Diamond’. The media focus was unrelenting, and after headlining the Carling Stage at the Reading Festival, Elíza took time out to further her musical armoury and embark on an intense course of study in operatic arts in London. Eventually finding herself wanting to connect both worlds and ‘create something epic’ Elíza formed her third band – Skandinavia who picked up where Bellatrix had left off, receiving major critical acclaim. 2007 saw the release of her first solo album Empire fall and the beginning of a solo career.

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