Having performed on the Melbourne pub circuit since she was seventeen years old, Bowditch first came to prominence in 2005 with the release of her second album What Was Left, which received excellent critical reviews, and high rotation airplay on national radio stations such as Triple J, although her success can be largely credited to the strong support of local independent radio stations throughout Australia, who championed her early work. She won the Best Female Artist award at the 2006 ARIAs, and was runner up in the International Songwriting Competition (2008) in the singer/songwriter category for her song Peccadilloes. She is currently Yen Magazine's "Young Woman of the Year"(Music).
Bowditch and her partner/drummer Marty Brown, have been touring continuously in Australia and more recently in Europe since 2003. Much of this touring Bowditch has been accompanied by her band The Feeding Set, who are said to be on hiatus for Bowditch's next album. On stage, Bowditch is known best for the beauty of her songs but also for her satirical on-stage humour, and unconventional use of everyday objects (tea-pots, bottles, old casiotone) for sound-effects.
Clare Bowditch is currently in Berlin recording part of her fourth album with producer Mocky (Feist, Gonzales, Jamie Lidell, Peaches) at the legendary Hansa studios. This album marks a decided change in direction for Bowditch, having been written on casio and piano. In October 2009 she released her first single from the album The Start of War, also called The Start of War. The song was co-produced by Bowditch, her partner Marty Brown and the legendary Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds).
Bowditch recently signed a licencing agreement with Island Records Australia, after three years with EMI.
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