SUNNY COWGIRLS
It sometimes seems like The Sunny Cowgirls have risen straight from the warm heart of Australia.
They radiate sunshine and that dry, laconic Aussie sense of humour. And Sunny Cowgirls Sophie and Celeste Clabburn are the first to admit that they need a little dirt under their fingernails to create their own very special brand of music.
The songs we write come from a very real place theyre always inspired by where weve been and the people weve met. If we stay away from the
bush for too long, we find we just cant write, said Sophie.
Like The Sunny Cowgirls themselves, their new album, Summer, exudes warmth and the Australian spirit.
Its a happy, fun album full of good times and good feelings. We love our lives and we love this country, and thats what weve tried to capture in the songs, Celeste said.
The songs for Summer were written in a rush after the girls returned from a trip to Nashville earlier in the year. Ironically, while their trip to the worlds country music songwriting capital failed to result in a single song, the floodgates opened as soon as they hit Australian soil.
We had a great time in Nashville, and learnt a lot. But we realised that the Americans just didnt get where we were coming from, Sophie said.
We need to be here to write, and I guess the trip helped us to appreciate how lucky we are. The songs just poured out once we got home.
The result is a stunning collection of very real, heartfelt songs that capture life in the Australian bush in an authentic and contemporary way.
The albums title track and first single, Summer, conveys all those unique, small experiences that make the hot months Down Under so memorable,
while the beautiful Good Spot is Celestes tribute to one of her favourite parts of rural Victoria and the exquisite 12 Trees is both a song about coming home and a celebration of rural life.
The characters of country Australia are again very much in evidence on this album, from the perennial bachelor of Born to Be Single to the tough shearer with a heart of gold depicted in Soft as Wool and the hard-working truckie of Killalottametres (a song inspired, incidentally, by Sophie and Celestes truckdriver father.
The girls irrepressible spirit also comes to the fore on Summer, with songs like the wonderful Naughty Side a sure-fire hit and the beautifully
crafted Remedy, and full-on party songs like Get On It and Bags Not Driving.
Theres also a glimpse into the contemporary world of dating in Not My Guy and Beesting, showing that both girls have turned into skilled and
perceptive songwriters.
And The Sunny Cowgirls have provided a unique take on their lives with Rock Star about the way others view their lives as country singers.
People keep telling us they want to have our lives, being country stars. But a lot of the time, wed rather be on the farm, working hard with our hands and getting dirty and tired, Celeste said.
Fortunately we get to do both the things we love live in the bush and still write and sing our music.
Summer is the fourth album for The Sunny Cowgirls, and like its predecessors it will well and truly hit the mark with their huge fan base across the country.
We write about what we know, and we write from our hearts. The reason our music connects with people is because weve lived the songs and the
country life, Sophie said.
We know how lucky we are, and our music is a celebration of Australia and the amazing way of life we have.
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