This is Scarlett Affection circa 2008.
Bangalow sisters Melia and Nerida Naughton have been joined at the hip since they were womb mates. Spending their (in)formative years in Sydney and then south of Hobart hanging out in a dilapidated apple orchard, stage shows were mandatory in the Naughton family household.
Complete
with bedsheet curtains, hairbrush microphones, tennis
racquet guitars and constant arguments over who would take
the lead line. Refreshingly, nothing much has changed with
bickering, banter and butting heads a standard
accompaniment to the magic that these sisters conjure.
After education separated the sisters by states, Melia and
Nerida reunited in Bangalow where their musical union grew
into Scarlett Affection.
With
their delightful debut record Our
Sweet Ambush tucked
firmly under their arms, Scarlett Affection showcased in
the States and Canada last year, a tour made possible by
the generous support of the Bangalow community. The
travelling two piece were invited to perform at the
International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis
Tennessee; The Knitting Factory in New York City and at
Canadian Music Week in Toronto.
With a
swag of live to air ABC radio performances under their
belt, live shows lighting up the East Coast, reviews and
press coverage all across the nation, and a prestigious
International Songwriting Award from the 2008 Great
American Song Contest, Scarlett Affection are renowned for
being tender, ravishing, naughty, cathartic, magical and
moving.
And now to the music. Synergy and simpatico are central to
the sound of Scarlett Affection. Harmonies and folk pop
songs oozing with sass and soul. Affecting ballads that
stir the poignant pot of emotion; soaring choruses that
hook into your heart; quirky ditties that make you want to
dance in the rain – Scarlett Affection have a blazing
stage dynamic that throws opens the Pandora-like box of
secretive sibling rivalry for everyone to experience.