DUBLIN | WATERFORD

2007 -

OVERVIEW Sweet Jane's origins lie in early 2007, comprised of Danda, Lydia Des Dolles and Ruairi Paxton, the trio have successfully become one of Ireland's most exciting new bands. It started when Waterford born Lydia Des Dolles, moved to Dublin from London to start work on her solo record, here she met Danda, who at the time was on the look out to find a female singer to collaborate with on his extensive back-catalogue of songs. After a mutual bonding session the two hit the studio where they began work on their debut EP ''Blackboots & Blackhearts'', soon after the decision to recruit Ruairi on bass became apparent as they started to leave the studio for life on the road. In October 2008 they released their debut 5-track EP 'Blackboots & Blackhearts' through Dead Flower Records & RMG Distribution, recorded in Dublin, Ireland and mixed in Philadelphia, USA by Ryan Van Kriedt (Zaza, The Asteroid No.4, Sunsplit) - The EP received an extremely warm welcome from various media outlets & the tres-important blog-world. . In March of 2009 they were picked to become apart of RTE 2's The Raw Sessions - a music documentary on upcoming Irish artists, where they had a crew of four people follow them for a week, filming at their studio, on stage, at home and finishing with a 12 hour recording session at Sun Studio's, Dublin where they recorded their single ''Black Eyes''. Because of the dramatic emotion & melody in Sweet Jane's music it makes for a perfect partner in film and video, as a result their music will be used in independent and mainstream productions in the coming months. One director who felt compelled to use Sweet Jane's music in one of his pieces was British Getaway Films director Russell Lee Ford, who offered to produce a music video for the track ''Blackboots & Blackhearts'', while independent French film director Sebastian Bellaval is currently mid-production working on a video for ''Take Me Home''. They were also chosen by Hot press Magazine to work alongside the TISCH programme which bring final year students graduating from NYU in Manhattan, NYC to make music videos for 10 chosen ''top bands'' in Ireland. 2007 - Band formed 2008 - Release of 'Blackboots & Blackhearts' EP [17 October] 2009 - Sweet Jane perform as part of the Hard Working Class Heroes Festival in Dublin [16 - 18 October] 2010 - Release of 'Sugar For My Soul' album [02 July] - Re-Release of 'Blackboots & Blackhearts' EP - Release of 'Black Eyes' single - Release of 'Close Your Eyes' single 2011 - Release of 'Where's Your Money?' single 2012 - Release of 'I Wanna Be In Love' single [26 October]