April17,2019ForImmediateRelease

ListenToClaudeFontaine’sNewSingle,“I’llPlayTheFool”,FromDebut,SelfTitledAlbumOutApril26thOnInnovaGveLeisure

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“IfyouloveagoodJamaican-inspiredbeat,thenClaudeFontainewillhaveyouhookedfromthejump.”—Refinery29

“'ClaudeFontaine’promises10tracksofarQulreverenceandtastefulreimaginingofglobetroRngsounds.”—Noisey

“TheLosAngeles-basedFontaineispreparingforthereleaseofherdebutalbum[…]‘CryforAnother’isawonderfulearlywarning.”—LosAngelesTimes

LosAngeles-basedsingerandsongwriterClaudeFontainewillreleaseherdebut,self-YtledalbumonApril26thviaInnovaGveLeisure.Following“HotTears”,whichRefinery29describedasfusingFontaine’s“French-chanteusesoundingvocalswithclassicJamaicandrumsanddancehalltrumpet,”Fontaineispleasedtoshare“I’llPlayTheFool,”aBossaNova-inflectedpreviewofthealbum’sBrazilian-inspiredb-side.

ClaudeFontainewastrackedintwopotentsessionswithguitaristTonyChin,whoseplayingwithAltheaandDonna,KingTubby,DennisBrownandsomanymoreveryarguablydefinedasignificantpartoftheclassicreggae

sound,andAirtoMoreira,theBraziliandrummerwhoseworkbothsoloandincollaboraYon—withMilesDavis,AstrudGilberto,ChickCorea,AnneOePeacock—makehimanactuallivinglegend.Theyalsoenlistedamurderer’srowofaddiYonalsessionplayers—bassistRonnieMcQueenofSteelPulseandZiggyMarleydrummerRockDeadrick,NowAgainRecordsguitaristFabianoDoNascimento,SergioMendespercussionistGibiDosSantosandFloraPurimbassistAndreDeSantanna.ThetentracksthatcompriseClaudeFontaineweretrackedatbothKingsizeSoundLabsinNortheastLosAngelesandSageandSound,ChetBaker’slegendaryoldstudioinHollywood.

Fontainewillcelebratethealbum’sreleasewithashowatZebuloninLosAngelesonFri.April26th,freetoa<endwithRSVPhere.

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