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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;line-height:115%">SWAY CLARKE II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%">Pigeons & Planes
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%">Premieres Lyric Video for “Secret Garden”
<i>– </i><a href="http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2014/08/sway-clarke-secret-garden-lyric-video/">PRESS HERE</a> to Watch!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Debut Single “Secret Garden” Out September 9<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="452" height="300" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFBC4F.BCF7ABE0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Credit: Brantley Gutierrez
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<p class="MsoNormal">Berlin-based songwriter and vocalist <b>Sway Clarke II</b> has unveiled the lyric video for his debut single
<b>“Secret Garden.”</b> <b><a href="http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2014/08/sway-clarke-secret-garden-lyric-video/">PRESS HERE</a></b> to watch on
<b><i>Pigeons & Planes</i></b>! The track features hip and R&B wunderkind <b>Tink</b>, and will be released on
<b>September 9, 2014</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Secret Garden”</b> highlights <b>Sway’s</b> fresh lyrical approach, and in his words, “’Secret Garden’ is the sweetest, cutest, loveliest, most beautiful way to tell your partner…you are cheating on them.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none">Born in Toronto as one of 8 children to a Jamaican father and Cuban mother,
<b>Sway</b> relocated to Berlin in 2010 to focus on work as a full time songwriter. He introduced himself with the track “<b>I Don’t Need Much</b>” which received praise from publications such as the
<b><i>NME</i></b> and <b><i>Fader</i></b>.<i> </i>Sway recently caught up with <b>
<i>SBTV </i></b>and performed his song <b>“I Don’t Need Much”</b> – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Cb5TYbweY&feature=youtu.be">
<b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b>Sway</b> was drafted by
<b>HAIM</b> as main support for the European leg of their tour, was picked up by <b>
Zane Lowe</b> as his ‘Next Hype’ on <b>BBC Radio 1</b>, and has recently been featured by
<b><i>The New York Times</i></b><i> <b>T: Style Magazine </b></i>surrounding his first Los Angeles performance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color:black">“Secret Garden”</span></b><span style="color:black"> is just the beginning - more exciting news to come from this undeniable new talent, <b>Sway Clarke II</b>. </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>Praise for Sway Clarke II:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<i>"</i>A cross between Frank Ocean and Lorde.”<i> – <b>The</b> <b>FADER.com<o:p></o:p></b></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“[‘Secret Garden’] staccato, bouncy, piano-driven production immediately appealed to fans, and introduced him to even more.”
<b><i>– Complex.com <o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“…the singer-songwriter's latest [‘Secret Garden’] built of a catchy piano sound and his own signature vocal that is bound to be stuck in your head for hours after you hit play.”
<b><i>– Hypetrak<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“His new song ‘Secret Garden’ is more upbeat and just as catchy, anchored by a piano bounce reminiscent of Frank Ocean’s “Super Rich Kids.” It’s that sweet spot between alt-R&B and pure pop…”
<b><i>–Pigeons and Planes<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“‘Secret Garden’ sounds like it could have been written by
<span class="secondary-artist">Frank Ocean</span> or <span class="secondary-artist">
Miguel</span>, RnB lotharios to whose crown Sway undeniably has a claim.” <b><i>– The Line of Best Fit<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sway-clarke-ii">https://soundcloud.com/sway-clarke-ii</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SwayClarkeII">https://www.facebook.com/SwayClarkeII</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/SwayClarkeII">https://twitter.com/SwayClarkeII</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</b>For more information on Sway Clarke II, contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Gina Schulman // Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> //
<a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com">stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</a>
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