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Haunted (Album) by Janita

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“This Woman’s Got The Goods. Stardom Awaits.” —Billboard Magazine The Buzz And Anticipation Surrounding Brooklyn-Based Artist Janita Pronounced YA-Nee-Tuh Is As Unsurprising As It Is Palpable. Standing Room Only Concerts And Sold Out Festivals Have Cemented Her Reputation As An Electrifying Singer-Songwriter And An Artist Who’s Breakthrough Moment Has Arrived. “It Probably Shouldn’t Be Allowed For Someone As Talented As Singer-Songwriter Janita To Also Be Goddess Beautiful. She Not Only Writes Beautifully Powerful Songs But Sings With Such Passion And Conviction That It’s Hard To Take Your Eyes Off Her ” Declares The Telegraph UK . The Village Voice Adds “This Belle Can Belt And Pen. Janita Teems With Vocal Wattage And Knows It.” Critical Acclaim Fused With Commercial Success May Be Rare In The Music World But This Happy Combination Is Not Only Janita’s Norm It Has Fueled The Artist’s Own Excitement For What Is Indeed Her Breakthrough Moment The Release Of Her Forthcoming New Album Didn’t You My Dear? “This New Album Feels Like The Fulfilling Of A Promise I’ve Been Making To Myself And To My Fans. It’s An Album About Arriving Joyfully In This Brave New World And Not Turning Away And Not Turning Back ” Says A Smiling Janita. “I Wanted To Make A Record That Was Powerfully Melodic And Lush But With The Emotional Availability And Rawness Of My Shows. Intentionally Unrefined And Unreserved.” That Lack Of Reservation Is Also Found In The Glowing Praise That Is Already Heralding The Album’s Arrival. PopMatters Writes “For Some Artists It’s Enough To Be Known By One Name Like Madonna Prince Sade And Sting. Janita Might Be Another Name To Add To The List.” Marie Claire Proclaims “Janita Keeps Listeners Hooked . . . HEAR IT!” Janita Reflects On The Trajectory That’s Led Her To This Worthy Tipping Point With A Tone That Rings Like A Signature Chord Throughout Her New Record. A Tone That Mixes Grace With Defiance More Focused On The Path Ahead Than The Path Behind. “I Always Knew—and I Think My Fans Always Knew—that This Moment Was Possible. It Was Coming And Just Ahead Of Us. A Moment We Could Forge And Enjoy Together. Now That It’s Here I Couldn’t Be More Excited—or More Ready.” Janita’s New Album Didn’t You My Dear? Now Available Worldwide On ECR Music Group. It Was Produced Recorded And Mixed By Blake Morgan In New York City.

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On The Heels Of Her Most Commercially Successful Release To Date Janita Returns With Her Highly Anticipated New Album Haunted. The Latest In An Already Acclaimed Discography Haunted Is Helmed By An Artist With The Courage And Determination To Evolve--Not Only Out Of Artistic Desire But Personal Necessity. "What Do We Learn?" Janita YA-Nee-Tuh Asks In The Album's Opening Song Serving As A Wry Set-Up For The Answer She Provides Again And Again With Each Charged Moment Of Haunted. Undeniably She's Learned A Lot. With Its Expanded Emotional Canvas For Her Melodic Songwriting--Framed By Lush Electrified Arrangements And Her Trademark Vocals--Haunted is Proof That This Is An Artist Who Has Truly Come Into Her Own. "The Great Artists Aren't Afraid To Grow While Retaining What Was Unique About Them In The First Place " Says Janita From Her Brooklyn Home. "Those Are The Artists I've Always Admired. So With This Album I Felt I Had To Raise The Stakes For Myself Regardless Of The Risks." Risks That In The End Proved To Be As Much Personal As Musical. Before Moving To Brooklyn As A Seventeen-Year Old Janita Had Already Been A Superstar Outside Of The United States. In Her Native Finland She Was A National Icon The Premiere Recording Artist On Radio And Television Awash With Awards Constant Touring And Commercial Success A Historic And Pioneering Career All While Still A Teenager. She Was Quickly Signed By Sony After Moving To New York Capitalizing On Her International Celebrity. Her Eponymous Debut Was Followed By 2001's I'll Be Fine And 2006's Seasons Of Life The Latter Scoring Her Two Top-40 Hits On The US Charts. But Throughout Janita Saw Her Own Musical Vision Often Being Pushed Aside For What She Was Told Would Be "safer" And In Everyone's Best Interest. It Was Another Artist It Turns Out Who Became The Catalyst For The Changes Ahead. "I Remember Meshell Ndegeocello Came Over. She Exposed Me To Music I Hadn't Explored Before. I Loved It. Totally Devoured It. I Moved Into Keane Tom Waits Radiohead Smashing Pumpkins Hole And PJ Harvey. A Natural Progression. Until Soon I Couldn't Find Enough Depth Solely In The Music I'd Been Inhabiting. Until I Couldn't Express Myself Solely With The Tools I'd Been Using Anymore." Bucking The Conventional "wisdom" Of Her Advisors And Extricating Herself From Her Label She Began Inventing A Different Defiant Future For Herself And Her Music. Haunted's Title Track Describes The Ensuing Transformation Akin To Dorothy Stepping Into Color In The Wizard Of Oz "Coming From My Hidden World / Through Doors That I've Closed / Across Bridges I've Burned 'Haunted'" . In "House On Fragile Terrain " Janita Declares "I Can't Be Who You'd Like Me To Be " With The Understanding That No Transformation Comes Without Cost. Timeless String Arrangements In "Hopelessly Hopeful" And "Believe Me I Know" Meet Cutting-Edge Electronic Elements In "Martian" And "Last Chance To Run And Hide " Each Track Teeming With Last Chance To Run And Hide's Soulful Vocal Wattage. "All Along " Smiles Janita "it's Been Music That's Kept Me Sane From The Very Beginning Of My Life…and It Continues To Do So." At Its Core Haunted Embodies The Journey Of An Artist Focused Not On The Ghosts Of Her Past But On The Possibilities Of Her Future. One Of Her Own Fashioning. One That For The First Time Now Belongs To Her. A Future Of Hope And Promise And She Invites Her Listeners To Join Her.

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