November 14th 2013 - Hollywood, CA - Capitol Records is pleased to announce that it has signed Seattle-based singer-songwriter Mary Lambert to its roster. Currently in the studio with producer Eric Rosse ( Sara Bareilles, Tori Amos ), Lambert will release her debut EP for the label on December 17th.
Lambert has earned widespread attention for writing and singing the hook on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' marriage-equality anthem "Same Love" and performing it with them on the MTV Video Music Awards, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Colbert Report. The fourth single from the duo's album The Heist, "Same Love" has reached double-platinum status in the U.S. and peaked at No. 11 on The Billboard Hot 100. The song's hook, which Lambert wrote in two hours, draws on Lambert's experiences as a lesbian growing up in a tumultuous, Christian household.
In July, Lambert released "She Keeps Me Warm" ( an extension of "Same Love" that Lambert calls "the other side of the story" ), which peaked at No. 2 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart. Its accompanying video sets the song to a visual of the romantic love and devotion experienced in a same-sex partnership. "The video is about love and it's about visibility," Lambert says. "I could be wrong, but I've never seen a relationship like mine accurately portrayed in a music video." Watch it here.
A graduate of Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts, where she honed her composition skills, Lambert has earned herself a devoted following for her breathy, haunting melodies and bracingly honest lyricism. She self-released her debut EP,Letters Don't Talk, in July of 2012, followed by her debut book of poetry, 500 Tips for Fat Girls in January of 2013. The book is a brutally frank depiction of rape, incest, bi-polarity, body image, and homosexuality and has, along with her music, established Lambert as a fearless and outspoken gay voice in contemporary culture. Out Magazine recently included her on its Out 100 list, while The New York Times profiled her on November 13th, noting that "As a singer, Ms. Lambert has a lovely voice that also has a bit of growl to it, which she deploys selectively." Read the full story here.
Lambert has been on the road this fall with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis as part of their current world tour, which continues through mid-December. She will perform in New York City at SubCulture on November 16th and in Los Angeles on December 3rd at The Mint.
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