Jennie Arnau - Better Luck Next Time

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JENNIE ARNAU

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

FROM THE COMPILATION OCCUPY THIS ALBUM TO BE RELEASED

5/15 ON RAZOR &TIE FEATURING

WILLIE NELSON, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, JACKSON BROWNE AND MORE

Produced and Mixed by Phil Palazzolo (Neko Case, Andrew Bird)

Featuring Greg McMullen (Chris Whitley)

Pete Levin (Blind Boys of Alabama)

Alan Lerner (Zen Tricksters)

Brian Karp (Letters to Cleo)

JENNIE ARNAU’s “Better Luck Next Time” is featured on Occupy This Album scheduled for a 5/15 release through Sony Music with all proceeds from the album going directly to the Occupy Wall Street movement.  “Better Luck Next Time” is the follow-up single to Jennie’s 2010 release Chasing Giants (MRI) which was praised by Rolling Stone’s Joe Levy as “her most fully realized set of songs yet.  If you care about the struggle for love and happiness - and who among us doesn't? -- This one's for you.”

After being inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and other worldwide protests and upheavals including those in Egypt, Syria, Greece and Italy to name a few, Jennie approached this track with a sense of urgency.  “I immersed myself in listening to protest and folk singers of the past and present including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco and Steve Earle and they emboldened me to write ‘Better Luck Next Time’.  I was actually nervous as I didn’t want to compare myself to such important names but I think I’ve written a song that is uniquely my own and contemporary”.

“I’m really so proud of this song,” says Jennie “I’ve tried a lyrical style that’s out-of-the box for me and really hope I can make a small difference with the song somewhere around the world”.

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SELECT PREVIOUS PRESS:

“With a honey-sweet voice ideally suited for the world of contemporary folk and Americana, contemporaries, like Neko Case have emerged from the pack in recent years, and Arnau has the same kind of talent, no question...Chasing Giants showcases Arnau’s powerful pipes and penchant for heartfelt, honest songwriting”. THE DAILY NEWS

“Arnau’s husky voice and great lyricism make for a telling story full of highs and lows. Plus, the

song’s light feel and rhythmic nature could make any visual pop to the sweet sounds of pedal steel” CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

Arnau has produced an album in Chasing Giants whose songs simultaneously sound like the soundtrack to a particular moment in time while also embodying a timelessness that listeners will continue to appreciate decades from now.  BLURT

While her voice brings to mind pop-country stars such as Martina McBride and Bonnie Raitt, the catchy songwriting and instrumentals are decidedly more bluegrass and folk inspired.  Bright and bubbly, most of Arnau’s songs are optimistic portrats of youth and young love.  RELIX (4 out of 5 stars)

This local thrush proves both her and her band capable of a husky uplift and rhythmic wallop rarely heard in the female-folkie field. Nashville belters like Joe Dee Messina or Martina McBride would be proud to tear into small-town geo-sociological explorations as earthily popwise as “Tallulah Falls” or “The River” or the Carolina twister romance chronicle “One More Day.” THE VILLAGE VOICE