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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">SAMANTHA RONSON Releases Debut Album,
<i>Chasing the Reds </i>(Broken Toys Records), OUT NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Stream album tracks “Chasing The Reds” and “Until It’s Yesterday”
<a href="http://soundcloud.com/user3179471/sets/samantha-ronson-chasing-the">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img border="0" width="412" height="275" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCD052.FCE42E90" alt="Samantha Ronson_general1_Justin Coit"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Photo credit: Justin Coit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Singer/songwriter/DJ extraordinaire
<b>Samantha Ronson </b>has released her debut album, <b><i>Chasing the Reds</i></b>, on her own label, Broken Toys Records. Nearly a decade in the making,
<b><i>Chasing the Reds </i></b>is an account of heartbreak, compiled journal entries, compelling headlines, and every interaction in between. Through her songwriting and her booming DJing career, it is obvious Samantha has a natural ear for catchy tunes and
sonically pleasing pieces. From the edgy, rock-infused title track, to the achingly sad
<b>“Love Song”</b>, to the windows-down sing-along anthems <b>“Sometimes When You Win You Lose”, “Half Awake”
</b>and “<b>Promise</b>”, this album, produced by Samantha and <b>Jimmy Messer</b> (Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West, Neon Trees), is a true testament to
<b>Ronson’s </b>songwriting prowess and ability to capture true, relatable emotions.
<b>Ronson </b>enlisted the contribution of a few friends in the recording of this album including
<b>Slash </b>on <b>“Love Song”</b>, <b>Wale </b>on <b>“Summer of Sam”</b>, <b>Alex Greenwald
</b>on <b>“Captain Jack”</b> and brother <b>Mark Ronson </b>to co-produce the ratatat party jam
<b>“Skyscrapers”</b>. Stream her title track <b>“Chasing the Reds” </b>and album stand out
<b>“Until It’s Yesterday” </b><a href="http://soundcloud.com/user3179471/sets/samantha-ronson-chasing-the">HERE</a>. Full album track listing is below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Despite what people think they know about Samantha, it should come as no surprise that the studio is a second home to her, and a music career inevitable. Samantha
fondly recalls visits to the studio with stepfather Mick (Foreigner founder and guitarist), where she would find herself endlessly absorbed with the realm of possibilities the room contained. It was only a matter of time before a lifetime of being surrounded
by music propelled her curiosity to try her hand at songwriting. The catalyst was a guitar her stepfather left in her care for safekeeping: “Once I picked it up, that was it. That was pretty much all I did. I started writing my own songs.” In 2004, Samantha
found herself with both a producer, Duncan Sheik, and a record deal with Damon Dash’s Roc-a-fella Records. Inauspicious timing and the dissolution of the label led to her first album
<i>Pull My Hair Out</i> never being released, and Ronson found herself back at the drawing board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">As the making of her first record came to an untimely halt and her career as a world renowned DJ continued to pick up speed, focus was momentarily shifted from
her songwriting: “I began to DJ mainly so I could pay for my band, then I got really busy DJing and didn’t have time [for making music].” But time and passion guided her back to her main goal, and now, filled with songs she is happy with and proud of from
beginning to end, we see <b><i>Chasing the Reds</i></b>. As an artist who is always pushing her own boundaries and testing her limits, the album title rings unequivocally true: “It’s about chasing after something you’re never going to get. Whatever your thing
that you’re chasing is, is what the red is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Chasing the Reds
</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">track listing:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Chasing the Reds<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Tuesday<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Skyscrapers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Summer of Sam (feat. Wale)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Love Song (feat. Slash)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Sometimes When You Win You Lose<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Promise<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Until It’s Yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Half Awake (Meltdown)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Don’t Want You<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Captain Jack (Feat. Alex Greenwald)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">WATCH:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Samantha Ronson and The Undertakers cover Alicia Keys’ “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart”
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx395qEE3kc&feature=share">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information on Samantha Ronson and
<i>Chasing the Reds </i>please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Gina Schulman & Jamie Sherman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> //
<a href="mailto:jamie@pressherepublicity.com">jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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