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		TAKE ME HOME Redlands Palomino Co. RRP: ~~$24.95 AUD~~ Now: $15.00 AUD Customers outside Australia don't pay GST You can also buy online from iTunes AND CDBaby

The Redlands Palomino Company announce February 12th to release their much anticipated second album "Take Me Home" (LORCD099) and a full UK tour to coincide with the release. Hailed by The Guardian as 'alt-country heroes' and by Americana-uk.com as 'Britain's finest country rockers' Redlands Palomino Company are sure to impress with their second release 'Take Me Home'.

Hailed by the Guardian as 'alt-country heroes' and by Americana-uk.com as 'Britain's finest country rockers', The Redlands Palomino Company return with their long-awaited new album 'Take Me Home'. As their acclaimed 2004 debut 'By The Time You Hear This...' showed, they're one of the few UK bands who can credibly and convincingly blend their Americana influences with a contemporary British edge. Over the past couple of years the band have acquired a devoted following, thanks in part to their regular live appearances, which balance alcohol-fuelled raucousness with moments of tear-jerking poignancy. They've also made fans of numerous radio DJs including BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris, who repeatedly played tracks from their debut and also had them in for a live session, and Mark Radcliffe, who described the band as 'fantastic'.

At the core of The Redlands Palomino Company are the stunning crystalline vocals of Hannah Elton-Wall - surely one of the most talented singer/songwriters around. Husband Alex Elton-Wall provides the perfect foil with his gritty lead vocals and harmonies, while the remaining members are just as important to Redlands' sound - cliché-free pedal steel guitar, chiming 12-string and a full-on rock 'n' roll rhythm section complete the mix. Comparisons have been made with classic Ryan Adams, The Jayhawks and Wilco as well as The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Exile on Main Street-era Rolling Stones. Few who've seen or heard the band have failed to be won over by their energy, sincerity and heart.

With 'Take Me Home', The Redlands Palomino Company have honed their craft to perfection, with a fuller more mature sound, courtesy of co-producers Sean Read, (keyboard player with Beth Orton, Graham Coxon) and Chris Clarke (The Rockingbirds). From the epic string-drenched title track and the achingly sad 'Harbour Lights', to The Faces-like fuzz of 'Pick Up, Shut Up' and the power pop climax of 'She Is Yours', with 'Take Me Home' the band have substantially raised their game, delivering an album with even more variety and charm than their well-received debut.

Always true to their own musical vision, yet without denying their influences, the sheer accessibility of the songs and impressive strength of musicianship on 'Take Me Home' makes this the album that will surely bring them the wider success they deserve.

The past couple of years have seen The Redlands Palomino Company relentlessly honing their stagecraft by gigging extensively with transatlantic peers such as Richmond Fontaine, The Sadies, Gina Villalobos (who guests on 'Take Me Home'), Tift Merritt, The Deadstring Brothers and many others. Undeniable evidence of this can be witnessed during February and March when the band head out on a UK tour to promote 'Take Me Home'.

Acclaim for 'Take Me Home'

"This band are exceptional"
Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

"Probably the best Americana-Country album of 2007! And it's Made-In Britain!"
Maverick (4 1/2 stars)

"...a poised and magnificent album...Miss out on this at your peril."
Whisperin And Hollerin (9/10)

"...these guys do country rock better than anyone else in the land. Fine Stuff."
Americana-UK (8/10)