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02 Jun 23

Clara Tracey is set to steal the night at the Workman's Cellar with Black Forest vinyl release

Clara Tracey is set to steal the night at the Workman's Cellar with <i> Black Forest </i> vinyl release

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Clara Tracey has also added two live show dates in addition to the Black Forest vinyl release celebration at Dublin's the Workman's Cellar on June 8th - one at the Jumbo Records in Leeds and one at Rough Trade West in London

Since the Belfast-born rising artist Clara Tracey dropped her debut album Black Forest last October, launched her into the spotlight, she's been on fire. Breaking out into the spotlight, first Ireland tour included several sold-out concerts.

Now, she has plans to celebrate the work's vinyl release at the Workman's Cellar in Dublin on June 9th. First announced back in April, she's added on two more live show dates at Jumbo Records in Leeds and at Rough Trade West in London on June 10th and June 14th respectively.

Starting at 7:30 PM, the Workman's show will include Tracey's full band. On Instagram, she teased that the event will have "decadent arrangements and maybe even a few gals clad only in ivy..."

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Included on the album is Tracey's debut single, 'Soap Girls,' a track "inspired by a summer’s afternoon in the bath in Paris" with Tracey's friend Noémie.

“She decided to take some pictures and while living in Dublin about seven years later I came across the old photographs and realised we were Soap Girls," Tracey remembers.

"To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of our friendship we decided to organise a reunion in Paris and shot an impromptu video in the bath of our AirBnb thus immortalising our Soap Girl status.”

The rest of the 11-track album is just as enthralling. Rebelling her upbringing in 1990s Northern Ireland, her music embodies sexual liberation and sublime self-reclamation. Multi-layered, it also references artists from across mediums and styles, like Harry Clarke, Georgia O'Keefe, and Jane Birkin.

A phenomenal collection of music, the vinyl release is not to be missed out on.

Find tickets to see Clara Tracey live here:

Find Clara Tracey's live show dates here:

June 8th - The Workman's Cellar, Dublin, Launch Show

June 10th - Jumbo Records, Leeds (In-store)

June 14th - Rough Trade West, London (In-store)

Listen to Clara Tracey's album, Black Forest, here: