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Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1985), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy (formerly Alison Monro) is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released on July 17, 2007, and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard 200 chart
. Her music has also been featured on numerous television shows.
BiographyEarly lifeBorn in Seattle, Washington to two dramatic-arts teachers, Sudol and her mother moved to Los Angeles after her parents divorced when she was five years old. She grew up listening to a wide range of music, including Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, and swing.
She graduated high school at the age of 16, and considered herself "nerdy and quiet". Sudol did not "drink or smoke or do anything like that". "I was so nervous," she stated in an interview, "about going into college like that and super young. I figured I would take two years and try to find out what I was doing with music. And when I was 18, I was just so deep into it that I didn’t want to stop."citequote
Sudol also had a passion for books, and immersed herself in the works of C.S Lewis, E.B. White, Lewis Carroll, and Charles Dickens (In fact, her artist name, "A Fine Frenzy", is taken from a verse in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. - Theseus, Act 5, Scene 1. - "The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;"). She became an author in her own right, and after teaching herself to play the piano, began putting her creative energy into writing songs.
The short demo she sent out received immediate attention from EMI's Jason Flom, who signed her after visiting her house and listening to her play.
Music careerSudol playing the piano
In March 2007, Sudol appeared at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, opening for The Stooges. Shortly after, her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released to generally positive reviews.
Her song "You Picked Me" was featured on iTunes as the "Free Single of the Week" for August 14 2007, and VH1 recently featured her as one of their "You Oughta Know" artists.
The album has sold 300,000 copies so far. In 2008 it was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In each of those countries, the album peaked winthin the top 30, with the first single "Almost Lover" reaching number eight in Germany, number ten on the Swiss Charts and number five in Austria.
Her next album will be released in the UK on June 16 2008. .
Acting careerSudol starred in the fourth season premiere of CSI: New York, playing the character 'Nova Kent'.
Television appearancesOn February 6th 2008, Sudol performed her song Come On, Come Out. on The Late Show with David Letterman.
And on February 23rd, 2008, she sang Almost Lover and Come On, Come Out on the CBS Saturday Early Show.
She appeared on the episode of CSI New York "Can you hear me now?"
DiscographyAlbums- One Cell in the Sea (2007), Virgin, Austria, Swiss, Germany, US
EPs- Demo - EP (2006) - "Rangers", "Almost Lover", "The Well"
- Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) - EP (2007) - "Almost Lover", "The Minnow & the Trout", "Borrowed Time", "Last of Days"
Singles- "Almost Lover" (2007), Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Poland
- "Rangers" (2007)
- "Come On, Come Out" (2008)
Compilations- Dan in Real Life Soundtrack (2007) - "Fever"
- Stockings by the Fire Starbucks Entertainment Compilation (2007) - "Let it Snow"
Live covers- "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" - Death Cab For Cutie
- "Across The Universe" - The Beatles
Commercial song appearances- Wildfire - season 4, episode 6
*"Near to You" - One Tree Hill - season 4, episode 17
*"Lifesize" - One Tree Hill - season 5, episode 8
*"Ashes and Wine" - Big Shots - season 1, episode 3
*"Almost Lover" - House - season 3, episode 18
*"Hope for the Hopeless" - CSI: NY - season 4, episode 1
*"Almost Lover"*"Last of Days" - The Hills - season 3, episode 16
*"Almost Lover" - The Hills - season 3, episode 19
*"Come On, Come Out" - Brothers & Sisters - season 2, episode 2
*"Ashes and Wine" - Private Practice - season 1, episode 2
*"Hope for the Hopeless" - Ghost Whisperer - season 3, episode 6
*"Ashes and Wine"
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