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  Alina Simone - Saw-Edged Grass
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I was born in Kharkov, Ukraine but my songs are mostly about the American cities and towns that I�ve called home: the suburbs of Massachusetts, the glittering sprawl of New York City and the flat, open spaces of Texas.
My family immigrated to the United States when I was 2 years old after my father was blacklisted by the KGB for �refusal to cooperate.� I grew up in Massachusetts and since then I have lived in France, Texas, New York City, Siberia and (now) North Carolina.

My debut ep, Prettier in the Dark, was produced by Steve Revitte (Black Dice, Liars, The Double) and released in 2005 on the Chapel Hill-based label, Fractured Discs. That year I also contributed a track for the compilation disc for the arts magazine Esopus (which also included The Mountain Goats, Jim White and Josephine Foster). I just finished recording my first full-length album with Steve Revitte which features Jerry Fuchs (drummer for The Juan Maclean and Turing Machine) and Jon Petrow (The Cloud Room) on bass, guitar and violin.

In 2005-2006, I toured the US and Europe, did a residency at Pianos in New York City and shared bills with Dead Meadow (Matador), Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett of Arcade Fire), Scout Niblett (Too Pure), Jason Anderson (K Recs), Jason Collett (of Broken Social Scene), Orienda Fink (Saddle Creek), Eugene Mirman (Subpop), Bettie Seveert and Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) among others.