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Music: Sting’s Ingenious Daughter, Eliot (Coco) Sumner Has the Most Refreshing Sound of the Summer

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I am quite tired of endless bubblegum songs by pop tarts, aren’t you? Music was so much more interesting circa 1979. So here’s “Species” by Eliot (Coco) Sumner, ingenious daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler. This is the most refreshing sound I’ve heard so far in the summer of 2015– and the most sophisticated. I like that Eliot recalls Joy Division/New Order as if sung by Marianne Faithfull. Very cool.

Listen to this once and it will be stuck in your head:

Eliot (yes that was her given name, Coco was a nickname) says “I love science fiction. Most sci fi involves a new alien species that doctors and scientists probe and observe. I’ve always felt quite alien so the song comes from a very real place.”

Eliot will be headlining two upcoming shows, in Los Angeles at Bardot on August 31st and New York at Pianos on September 16th. Last week marked the beginning of Eliot’s August and September tour with On An On with stops in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and more. Her EP comes out August 28th.

Early Reflections SMPLR Digital Tracklist:
1. Information
2. Firewood
3. After Dark
4. Come Friday
5. I Followed You Home

Eliot Sumner Tour Dates:
*with On An On

8/20 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom *
8/21 Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge *
8/22 Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room *
8/25 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
8/26 Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain *
8/28 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar *
8/29 Tucson, AZ @ Flycatcher *
8/30 San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
8/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot
9/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo *
9/3 San Francisco, CA @ Popscene at Rickshaw Stop *
9/4 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *
9/6 Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival
9/8 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
9/9 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
9/11 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird *
9/12 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt *
9/13 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 *
9/15 Washington, DC @ DC9 *
9/16 New York City, NY @ Pianos
9/17 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right *
9/18 Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy *
9/19 Hamden, CT @ The Space *
9/20 Allston, MA @ Great Scott *
9/22 Toronto, ONT @ The Drake Hotel *
9/23 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
9/24 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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