The Black Seeds have emerged as one of New Zealand’s most popular bands.

So U ! has been engaged to manage the band in France. After their touring success with French audiences in September 2007, The Black Seeds will be featured on the next Radio Nova compilation in January 2008. The Black Seeds will tour Europe in the summer of 2008.

Since hitting the NZ music scene with a debut album in 2006, Flip has performed with musicians such as Dave Dobbyn, Anika Moa, Phoenix Foundation, Ben Lee, The Shins, and Hugh Cornwall, and she has traveled to Texas for the renowned South by Southwest (SXSW) festival twice, performing at the 2006 event within line ups that included Kris Kristofferson, Flight Of The Conchords and Luke Zimmerman.

Her 2006 debut album Cage For A Song, turned heads across the folk and alt-country scene, with a track from it selected by producers of the hit US TV show Brothers and Sisters for the emotional final episode of their first season. In 2007, Flip released The Cookbook Tour – a performance/travel journal and recipe book that sparked interest across the country.

This unconventional approach to a national tour was heralded by NZ media - including Kim Hill (National Radio), the Sunday Star Times, Herald on Sunday, TVNZ’s Good Morning show and Taste magazine.

“Flip Grater has a Hope Sandoval feel to her acousto-folk, but when she shades to something more angsty indie, she's got a little Cat Power in her.” – The Austin Chronicle

“Simple but captivating acoustic melodies” – NZ Herald

“Be All And End all sounds like the kind of album which will be celebrated in other countries before it’s truly championed here – and I think this is a case where a listener should take a leap of faith and dive in, it’s what Flip Grater has done” – National Radio

“An exceptional talent with a gift of arrangement that perfectly captures her varied emotional states. Stunning. *****” - Steve Scott, Waikato Times