Nataly Dawn How I Knew Her

'How I Knew Her' comprising 12 autobiographical, introspective songs by Dawn was produced by her long-time partner Jack Conte. The album was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in California with a group of accomplished musicians including Ryan Lerman (Ben Folds, A Fine Frenzy) on electric guitar, mandolin, banjo, and acoustic guitar; David Piltch (KD Lang, Bill Frisell, Bonnie Raitt) on upright bass; Louis Cole (Louis and Genevieve, Pomplamoose); and Matt Chamberlain (Brad Mehldau, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Jon Brion) on drums. The studio, where many of Dawn’s favourite Tom Waits albums were recorded, enabled the musicians to play one room as a full band. Oz Fritz engineered the album with Conte; it was then mixed by Mike Mogis and mastered by Bob Ludwig. The recording sessions were filmed and will periodically be released as companion videos on Dawn’s YouTube channel.

The daughter of missionaries, California-based singer/songwriter Nataly Dawn spent much of her childhood in Europe, where she attended Lycées Français in France and Belgium before returning to the US to study art at Stanford University. It was there that she met her partner Jack Conte and formed the duo Pomplamoose, eventually performing, recording, and editing songs and videos entirely on their own in their Northern California home. Their first upload to YouTube was a song they had written, 'Hail Mary', which was featured on the YouTube homepage. In 2010, the duo began releasing creative covers of pop songs such as Beyoncé’s 'Single Ladies' and Lady Gaga’s 'Telephone', which grew their fanbase even further. Pomplamoose played 20 live dates in 2011, to sold-out audiences across the US.

In 2010 Pomplamoose released their first compilation of original songs with lyrics by Dawn entitled 'Pomplamoose VideoSongs', as well as an album of covers titled 'Tribute To Famous People'. Their music could also be heard in a series of national television spots for Hyundai and Toyota. They have collaborated with other artists, such as Ben Folds and Nick Hornby with whom they produced a VideoSong.

TRACKLISTING: 1 Araceli, 2 Leslie, 3 How I Knew Her, 4 Back To The Barracks, 5 Long Running Joke, 6 Counting Down, 7 Caroline, 8 Please Don't Scream, 9 Still A Believer, 10 Even Steven, 11 Why Did You Marry, 12 I Just Wanted You To Get Old