Album Notes

“From farther up the east coast toward Christchurch comes Flip Grater. The female singer-songwriter has a Hope Sandoval feel to her acousto-folk, but when she shades to something more angsty indie, she's got a little Cat Power in her.” – The Austin Chronicle, Austin, Texas

"Saturday night at the Dux de Lux, acoustic songstress Flip Grater treated the punters to four new songs, freshly inspired from her trip to the SXSW festival in Texas. Her lyrics, deeply pensive, and her voice, that rises like a clear spring and shifts seamlessly into smoky shades of blue in a nuance of moods, made her performance utterly captivating." - THE BEAT, Christchurch Press, New Zealand

“Able to generate tones of reflective melancholy with genuine poetic authority, Flip’s acoustic folk vividly project her audience through the emotions of which she sings. By juxtaposing themes of strength with other more downcast dispositions she instills her songs with exceptional passion, whilst still remaining adeptly restrained.” - The Package, New Zealand

Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, singer/songwriter Flip Grater is an ascending talent in New Zealand music with intelligent self penned songs and a versatile honey -coated voice. Flip's style ranges from dirty indie-folk, to gentle introverted lullabies. She has just signed a deal with Native Tongue Music Publishing and will release her first album, Cage for a Song, on Maiden Records in 2006.

Flip has been performing since 2003 and has shared the stage with international artists Ben Lee, The Shins, Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 and Gina Villalobos as well as New Zealand's premiere artists Anika Moa, The Phoenix Foundation, SJD, Lucid 3, Gramsci, Autozamm, and James and Donald Reid.

She has traveled twice to the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, performing at the festival and live to air on KUT FM and KLBJ FM.