New album "Requiem for the Earth", out April 19th 2023.


“Dark Dramatic Dissonant Piano with raw and ethereal vocals”. 

Scarlett Cook - The contemporary classical, heavy rock/metal influence pianist comes from a very musical & artistic family and has been playing piano since the age of 4. But it was at age of 13 she took more readily to songwriting grunge alternative rock guitar sounds and started her performing career at age 16 as a solo acoustic guitarist vocalist. There after, she went on to play some of her previous and new works in a 3 piece grunge rock band called ‘Autonomy’. 

Guitar, grunge and heavy metal rock had paved the songwriting foundations for Scarlett and in 2002 she returned to approach the piano creatively to soon discover it was her strongest and most cathartic songwriting instrument.  The melding of her folk upbringing, heavy aggressive guitar influences from her teenage years and classical, jazz and boogie woogie piano education, lead Scarlett to develop a an unconventional and original approach to the piano and produce a strong body of work that truly reinvents the concept of ‘Piano Music’.

“Piano Power” could be an easy way to describe her original style of combining rhythmically complex neo classical cyclical treble right hand phrases with heavy power chords and octaves in the bass, emanating sounds much like a heavy rock guitar. The plethora of unusual minor keys and dissonance used is enough to keep a knowledgeable music theorist on their toes. 

Aggressive is not usually a synonym that springs to mind with the piano, but with Scarlett’s thirst for justice and social commentary in her lyrical content, she answers the long debated question of whether the piano is actually a percussive instrument, and it’s a very clear ‘Yes’, with some of her stand out heavy rhythmic pieces like “New Victim”, her 2016 single “User”,  and her instrumental piece “The Prophet” which won Flinders University Art Prize in 2003.

Her 2012 EP Songbird exemplifies her softer introspective side with melancholic, emotionally provoking poetry and melodies and ends with a gentle haunting cinematic instrumental piano cello piece, “A pause for lament”

In 2020 Scarlett plans to release her debut full length album entitled “Requiem for the Earth” which will feature piano, vocals, cello, string quartet, bass and drums. It will be a collection of her more earthy and environmentally conscious songs, proving her degree in Environmental Management studied back in 2003 to have also been a philosophically transferable skill. 

The first single “Mi Corazon" from the forthcoming album was released September 2019 and is Scarlett’s most poppy, tender, melancholic piece that builds with cello and drums into a lusty crescendo. scarlettcook.bandcamp.com/track/mi-corazon

Her latest single “Predator” released March 8th 2020 is some of her finest most original work. Heavy, aggressive, swirling and percussive piano. Raw, blunt, spine tingling topic and delivery in the vocals. She hits all the issues of the ‘Me Too’ movement head on and does not leave a beat to do it meekly. scarlettcook.bandcamp.com

Stay tuned for more news and like share and follow to see what will be next from this exciting original independent artist

Film clips:
’USER' www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSA-1QvLfyk 
 
'Songbird’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCyopt6zivU

Curse of Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPi7QipJ_JI

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Facebook: http://facebook.com/scarlettcookmusic
Youtube: youtube.com/scarlettcook
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Bandcamp: scarlettcook.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1noaF9pTLr0RGa8D7pB8hn
Itunes: https://music.apple.com/au/artist/scarlett-cook/1469613866

As A Rival return with their latest offering, LOST AT SEA

Honing in on what has become their trademark sound, with powerful drums, soaring riffs & anthemic melodies, Lost At Sea hooks you in & forces you to sing at every opportunity. This is a more refined outfit, taking all that they have learned & fusing it into a new approach to what they do best.

Addressing the mental toll of pursuing your dreams, giving it your all only to find yourself a shell of your former self & somehow willing yourself forward to continue reaching your full potential. Ignoring your own body screaming at you to stop is a path to self destruction. And even though it seems like the only way forward. Rest and time away heals and makes you stronger. Giving you the energy to return with more purpose.

Following the successful run of their last album, Griefers, followed by a well deserved break, As A Rival’s return was short lived as the world grinded to a halt. Emerging now on the other side, Lost At Sea is their first single in nearly four years and the band is ready to return to the stage and show their rivals how it’s done.

Kicking off their return to stage June 3rd at SHOTKICKERS after over 2 years away, As A Rival are extremely excited to return to where they feel most at home. “This is a celebration. Not just of new music, but for what has been before. What we have achieved. And what is to come.” cheers frontman, Pete Cerni. “It’s been a tough road for everyone. No doubt about it. But one thing is for certain is that music has and will always be there for us. And we can’t wait to share with you what we have been working on.”

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