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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt">SWAY CLARKE II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Premieres Music Video for “Secret Garden” Worldwide on
<i>Noisey</i> Today– <a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/sway-clarke-secret-garden-video">
PRESS HERE</a> to Watch!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Debut Single “Secret Garden” Out Now!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CMJ Shows In October in NYC Announced
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:red"><img border="0" width="521" height="264" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CFCDB4.326CEB40"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Still from “Secret Garden” Video<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, Berlin-based songwriter and vocalist <b>Sway Clarke II</b> has premiered the music video for his debut single
<b>“Secret Garden”</b> on <b><i>Noisey</i></b>. <b><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/sway-clarke-secret-garden-video">PRESS HERE</a></b> to watch! The single, which features hip and R&B wunderkind
<b>Tink</b>, was released on Tuesday <b>September 9<sup>th</sup></b> via <b>Capitol Records</b>.
<a href="http://po.st/SecretGarden3"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to purchase the song. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This October, Sway will make his New York debut at the <b>CMJ festival</b> with performances soon to be announced. Watch this space for more!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><i> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
<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, Life + Times, Pigeons & Planes, Complex
</b></i>and more.<b><i> </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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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"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<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>
<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 own signature vocal that is bound to be stuck in your head”<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">“It’s that sweet spot”
<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"><span style="background:white">“His combination of storytelling and hooks…is uniquely his own.<b>”
<i>New York Times T Magazine</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“his fate as the next in line”-
<b><i>Life <span style="color:black">+ Times</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="342" height="342" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CFCDB4.326CEB40"><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Secret Garden” Single Art<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><br>
</b><i>For more information on Sway Clarke II, contact:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><i>gina@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><i>//</i><a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com"><i>stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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