20 Sep 2016

I Want You To Want Me

Norma Jean Martine

Vertigo / Virgin EMI

WE SAY

Norma Jean Martine first featured as an unsigned artist in our magazine's weekly Compass section in 2013. Originally from New York, but now London-based, the past 12 months have seen things really start to slot into place for her, ahead of the October 14 release of debut album Only In My Mind. This lead-in track is a dreamy slice of adult pop which also features on the soundtrack to Cara Delevingne and Will Poulter’s coming-of-age indie drama Kids In Love. As with the previously-featured Animals and No Gold, production across the album comes courtesy of Danton Supple (noted for his work with Coldplay on X&Y) and additionally from Ed Harcourt and Joel Pott, formerly of Athlete. Norma’s also co-written I’m Still Here on the LP with the legendary Burt Bacharach. She’s a class act live too, as her recent Robert Elms BBC London session showed. See for yourself at either her headline show at Oslo in Hackney tomorrow (September 21) or the Reeperbahn Festival this Saturday night (September 24). Sheer quality like this never goes out of style. Hers is a tasteful grown-up sound that’s built to last. 

CONTACTS

Label: Paul McGhie, Virgin EMI, +44 (0)20 7471 5000
Publishing: David Stamm, BMG USA, +1 212 561 3520
National Radio  Joe Bennett, JBPR, +44 (0)7885 815 955
Regional Radio: Mark Rankin, Virgin EMI, +44 (0)20 7471 5000
Online: Danny Desai, Virgin EMI, +44 (0)20 7471 5000
Press: Doug Wright, LD Communications, +44 (0)20 7439 7222
TV: Claire Close, CCTV PR, +44 (0)20 3198 4857
Club: Craig Jones, Music House, +44 (0)20 8563 7788
Live: Geoff Meall, United Talent, +44 (0)20 7278 3331
Management: Robert De Mornay Davies, Escape Music Management, +44 (0)20 8241 4454 

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