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The Leisure Society To Play Daytime Pajama Party For Charity

• 23rd Apr 2010

American Laundromat Records and Arctic Circle and are pleased to announce a Daylight Pyjama Party on May 15, 2010 from 12pm – 2pm at the Union Chapel in London.

The event will celebrate the release of “Sing Me to Sleep – Indie Lullabies,” American Laundromat’s latest charity compilation, available worldwide on May 18, 2010. During this child-friendly party, The Leisure Society and The Real Tuesday Weld will perform their lullabies alongside original material as part of Arctic Circle’s Daylight Music Series.

Admission is free at all of the chapel’s Daylight performances. Optional donations will be taken at the event for BBC Children In Need, who financially supports organizations that work with children who may have experienced mental, physical or sensory disabilities; behavioral or psychological disorders; are living in poverty or situations of deprivation; or suffering through distress, abuse or neglect.

100% of proceeds from the sale of “Sing Me to Sleep – Indie Lullabies” are donated to The Valerie Fund, a US charity that supports the comprehensive care of children with cancer and blood disorders. Established in 1976 in memory of nine-year-old Valerie Goldstein, The Valerie Fund Children’s Centers, located at 7 major hospitals in the United States, comprise one of the nation’s largest networks of health care facilities for children with cancer and blood disorders.

“Sing Me to Sleep – Indie Lullabies” features whimsical adaptations of popular songs and lullabies by various independent artists, including: Sigur Rós, Peter Broderick, The Leisure Society, Stars, Tanya Donelly, Neil Halstead, Dean & Britta, Telekinesis, and many more. American Laundromat’s goal with this album is not only to raise awareness and support for The Valerie Fund, but also to provide something of beauty for indie music appreciators to share with their children.

American Laundromat Records (ALR) is an independent record label based out of Mystic, CT USA. Best known for producing tribute compilations, the label earned praise & rave reviews for its 2008 charity record “Cinnamon Girl – Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity” which to-date has donated over $35,000 to Casting For Recovery, a national non-profit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer.

Arctic Circle are driven by a mad passion to create concerts that are perfectly formed and memorable. They will move land and sea to bring talented musicians, composers and visual artists to London’s best venues, ensuring that each concert is a once in a lifetime event. Arctic Circle showers its audiences with the world's finest musicians and bands in a unique, strictly penguin-friendly environment that seeks to upend the traditional, the formal and the pretentious.