Clara began her musical career at cult Cambridge indie venue The Boat Race, where she was first spotted and taken under the wings of experienced local musicians including Rob W Jackson (Boo Hewerdine, The Broken Family Band) and Sam Inglis (Sound On Sound magazine, The Morning People). Late in 2006 she was invited by the Arts Council funded group ESCALATOR to join their mentoring scheme on the strength of a demo EP, which in turn lead to meeting acclaimed Napalm Death producer Russ Russell. The pair connected immediately and started work on Clara’s debut album. Some initial recording was carried out at Foel Studio in Wales, with the remainder produced at Russ’s new home Parlour Recording Studio in Kettering during 2007 with the help of drummer Ross Andic and bassist Richard Bullen. To promote the record - which was released on August 18th through small indie label Imprint Records - Clara is performing both solo and with band members Richard Bullen and David Gane throughout the UK and beyond. Recent highlights include live performances on BBC Radio, a solo acoustic set at The Fordham Festival, a two week UK mini-tour and a sell-out album launch party in Soho. Clara has also supported Mark Morriss of The Bluetones, Tina Dico of Zero 7, plus many other internationally acclaimed artists such as Toni Catlin, Doug Hoekstra, James Apollo and Cherry Ghost. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.