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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEON HITCH RELEASES
<i>HAPPY NEON</i> EP TODAY FOR FREE DOWNLOAD <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EXCLUSIVELY ON BILLBOARD.COM!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEW YORK, NY January 14, 2012—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Singer-songwriter
<b>NEON HITCH</b>, who’s magnetic vocals first caught our attention on the Gym Class Heroes hit, “Ass Back Home,” and has since graced the charts with her own hits, “Love You Betta” and “Gold,” has released her
<i> <b>Happy Neon EP</b> </i> today! Head over to Billboard.com to download and stream the EP for free as well as check out an exclusive interview!
<b><u><a href="http://www.billboard.com/features/neon-hitch-s-happy-neon-ep-premiere-listen-1008089912.story#/features/neon-hitch-s-happy-neon-ep-premiere-listen-1008089912.story">PRESS HERE</a></u></b></span><b><u>
</u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">to listen/download now! Starting tomorrow you can also head over to her website,
</span><a href="http://www.neonhitch.net"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.neonhitch.net</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, to</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
download the EP. Produced by Neon and Happy Perez, the five-song collection reveals a glimpse into Neon’s world, somewhere in between reality and fantasy. Expect cameos from your favorite Wizard of Oz characters! But, don’t let this and the EP title fool
you. The music this time around is a bit of a departure from her past radio hits, reflecting a bit more of an introspective side both musically and lyrically, and coming from a true and honest place within Neon—something that would make any songwriter ‘happy’
to expose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"I've been going through a time of musical rebirth and I wanted to create something special, free and magical for my fans!" says Neon about the making the EP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Growing up in a gypsy lifestyle, has helped Neon hone valuable skills as a performer. After life on the bus started to unravel with frequent police raids, an abusive step-dad and an expanding
family in a single mobile home, Neon ran away. Ultimately, landing the rebellious Neon in London and homeless.
<span style="color:#1A1A1A">After bouncing between her dad’s place in London, Europe and India, key meetings with Neneh Cherry, Mike Skinner (The Streets), and the social networking site MySpace would then land her in the hands of multi-platinum hit producer
Benny Blanco who saw her knack for songwriting. </span>Neon went on to write music alongside Imogen Heap, Sia, Jason Derulo and Bruno Mars, and wrote Ke$ha’s hit “Blah Blah Blah.”
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“It feels a bit phony singing what someone else has written. I don’t think anyone can tell my story better than I can so I think I’m best to just write my own songs. I have a lot that I
need to say.” And getting it all out has made Neon nothing but happy! While she might have a dark-tinged past and is tapping into that past on
<i>Happy Neon, </i>Neon’s world is bright and vibrant, down to her “gypsy palace” she resides in in downtown New York.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">While <i>Spin Magazine</i> has tapped her as deserving of “household name status,” Neon is just, well, happy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HAPPY NEON EP Track Listing:<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.neonhitch.net"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.neonhitch.net</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@neonhitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information on
<b>NEON HITCH</b> please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Carleen Donovan or Angela Burke at Press Here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:carleen@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">carleen@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><a href="mailto://angela@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">//angela@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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