Chloe Alison Escott

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Chloe Alison Escott
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Escott performing at Dark Mofo in 2021.
Background information
Origin Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Piano
  • guitar
  • Nintendo DS
Years active2007-present
Labels Chapter Music

Chloe Alison Escott is an Australian singer-songwriter and comedian from Hobart, Tasmania. She began her career in stand up comedy and performed at the Raw Comedy national final in 2010. [1] She then became widely known as the frontwoman of the band The Native Cats, best known for the 2018 album John Sharp Toro. [2] During the Native Cats' live shows, she often performs with nothing but synthesiser presets on a Nintendo DS. [3]

In early 2020, she also released the solo album Stars Under Contract [4] which featured the singles "I Know the Soul by Its Presence in Others" [5] and "Back Behind the Eyes Again". [6] In a positive review of Stars Under Contract, NME referred to her as a polymath, "her work spanning poetry, spoken word and experimental comedy". [7]

Escott is a transgender woman, having come out in 2015. [8] Her transition has inspired much of her work, including John Sharp Toro [9] and the song "Stranger than Death". [10]

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References

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