About Me
'A future star - pure and simple' (Scene Magazine, 2009)
Simone Pitot’s self-titled Debut EP “is, at turns, heartbreaking and hilarious, intelligent and complicated, sinister and sweet, and finds vintage instruments colliding with synth beats. Though Simone was never going to write an angst-ridden document of tragedy and despair, what’s most surprising about the EP is its unapologetic optimism. All of this makes for a complex pop record, announcing the sounds of a new, original and unmistakable artist.†(Ben Law, 2009).
Inspired by graphic novels, darkened internet worlds and antique suitcases, singer/songwriter Simone Pitot created the six tracks of her debut, self-titled EP under the watchful eye of renowned producer, Caleb James (Yves Klein Blue, Rhubarb). The towering hymns, 50’s old-timer country shiners and dark electronica creates a world where one finds ‘UFOs droning over lakes’ alongside ‘housewives in sun dresses …exploding out into their lawns in saturated day-glo technicolour’. All in all, the ideas and images combine to form an articulate collection of well-crafted songs.
Simone Pitot performs with The Goodtimes Band, an ensemble of talented gentlemen fusing old country sounds of a banjo, mandolin and fiddle, with a laptop and a beat boxer. Simone is said to ‘create an aura with her live show that cannot be matched’ (Press Record Mag, 2009).
the drawn anatomical heart shown beating in the picture above was drawn by the great Jonathan McBurnie
Costumes designed and created by Margaret Holmes
Graphic design by Matthew Colin Palmer
Simone is currently supported by:
Simone Pitot's Debut EP has been created through the support of YAMP. YAMP is a unique, nationally recognised mentoring program for young artists and arts workers from across Queensland. YAMP 2008 was funded by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations’ Skilling Queenslanders for Work Initiative and is proudly managed by Youth Arts Queensland.
This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
The Regional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government and Moreton Bay Regional Council partnership to support local arts and culture.
