The Royalty, ‘Please Lie’ (Demo) – Free MP3 Download
Nicole Boudreau's problems are her listeners' pleasure: The sunny-voiced singer leads the Royalty, an El Paso, Texas-based band that plays '60s-centric soul songs alive with heartbreak. Boudreau draws easy comparisons to Amy Winehouse, but with less vamp and more lamp, and like the late siren she wears her vulnerablities on her sleeve. Her verses sound like diary entries detailing a night out with her beau on the way to a bad end -- there's a smiling girl waiting outside to say hi to him after the show.