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One of two co-writes with Nikki Lane that feature on the album, ‘Don’t Talk About It’ had its inception around Lane’s table and was finished on the last day of mixing. Ruby Boots says, “It’s a song that broaches our ability to move on and through life without constantly looking back at what has bitten us, but realising that if you keep turning a blind eye, instead of dealing with past trauma’s, they’ll come back to bite you in the end.”

At 14 years old, Ruby Boots—real name Bex Chilcott— left a conflicted home in Perth to do grueling work on pearling boats and she hasn’t stopped migrating since, traversing the wide-open landscapes of her homeland and exploring the most remote and wondrous corners of Europe and North America. The Nashville based Western Australian artist is a hard woman to pin down, enchanted by the idea of travel and escape and driven by an insatiable desire to understand matters of the heart and soul. As she prepares to release her second full-length album, Don’t Talk About It, this is an artist determined to keep moving to prevent malaise setting in.

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The album – her first for Island Records Australia – unfurls like a mystical sonic map that covers diverse musical, geographical and emotional terrain. Ruby’s arresting voice tells tales of defiance and resilience, delivered with the wisdom of a drifter who’s seen more in her years than many witness in a lifetime. Early childhood touchstones such as Nirvana, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan shimmer to the surface and there are nods to the great rock songbooks of Tom Petty and T Rex, but Ruby sits in a different, more contemporary space, spiritually closer to wise women such as Angel Olsen and PJ Harvey.

Earlier this month Rolling Stone USA listed the album in their 2018 Music Preview of 30 Most Anticipated Albums and Tours, sitting Ruby Boots alongside key Americana album releases from acts including Josh Hedley, Margo Price and Lindi Ortega.

In the December Rolling Stone USA feature 10 New Artists You Need to Know, Ruby says of the album: “Sonically, I was missing a rockier, grungier feeling to my live show, so I set out to straddle the two worlds of rock & roll and Americana. Lyrically, I wanted the album to have a sense of defiance and fierceness whilst still showing that it can be achieved through vulnerability.”

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Ruby Boots singles ‘It’s So Cruel’ and ‘Don’t Talk About It’ are out now.

Second Album Don’t Talk About It out 9 Feb via Island Records Australia.

Produced and mixed by Beau Bedford and recorded with Lone Star-bred studio wizards The Texas Gentleman.

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Ruby Boots 2018

Tour Dates

Feb 9:
Record Release Party/Show
The Hideout, Chicago USA
(Presented by Stolen,
Bloodshot & We Manage – TICKETS)

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Feb 14-17: 2018
Folk Alliance, Kansas City USA

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Feb 24:
Grimeys Records Instore, Austin TX USA

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March 12-18:
SXSW, Austin TX USA

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May 4:
Northcote Social Club,
Melbourne AUS (TICKETS)

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May 5:
Leadbelly,
Sydney AUS (TICKETS)

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May 11:
Rosemount Hotel,
Perth AUS (TICKETS)

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BUY ‘IT’S SO CRUEL’ SINGLE HERE

BUY ‘DON’T TALK ABOUT IT’ SINGLE HERE

PRE-ORDER ALBUM HERE

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Ruby Boots Career Highlights

• Profiled in Rolling Stone’s Top 20 Things We Saw at Americana Fest.
• Received the esteemed 2016 Australia Council Songwriting Award Nashville Residency during which she wrote and recorded her sophomore album.
• Named as one of the ‘Americana Festival 2016 Showcasing Artist to Watch’ by renowned US magazine, American Songwriter.
• Debut album Solitude was hailed as “a landmark Australian release” and a “world class debut”, scoring her the WAM (West Australian Music Award) for ‘Song of The Year’ with lead-single, ’Wrap Me In A Fever.’
• Critical reviews for Solitude included 4 stars in Courier Mail, The Age, The Music and Beat,
• Solitude included in The Music’s ‘Top 25 Albums 2015’, Post To Wire’s ‘Top Americana Albums of 2015’, Rhythms’ ‘Top 10 Albums 2015’ and RRR FM’s ‘Feature Album of The Week’.