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Biography [edit] Early life Allison Margaret Pierce (born July 23, 1975) and Catherine Eleanor Pierce (born September 11, 1977) were born two years apart in Birmingham, Alabama. They traveled frequently and received home-schooling from their self-described hippie parents. Their father played the guitar in various bands, while their mother was a painter. Exposed to music and arts at an early age, the Pierce sisters grew up listening to Joni Mitchell and Simon & Garfunkel. As children, they were encouraged to explore their creative side and would perform at parties, weddings and churches. Allison started dancing at age three, and both sisters are accomplished ballerinas.
Musical career [edit] 2000–2005: The Pierces and Light of the Moon It was while they attended Auburn University that a friend sent a tape to a record company in Nashville. This eventually resulted in their debut album The Pierces (2000). It featured folk harmonies and adult alternative songs. In a 2004 interview, Allison Pierce commented that the album "sort of got lost in the shuffle".[1] Allmusic attributes the poor reception to "no label support".[2] On August 10, 2005, their second album Light of the Moon was released through Universal. The album was produced by Brian Sperber and featured 11 tracks that the Pierce sisters either wrote or co-wrote.[3] [edit] 2007–2010: Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge On March 20, 2007, their third album Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge was released in the U.S. Produced by Roger Greenawalt (Nils Lofgren, Radish, Ben Kweller), the album has been well-reviewed, particularly for the single "Boring", which parodies celebrity socialites. The album has a darker, edgier style, at times using such diverse instruments as an accordion, a calliope, bassoons, a sitar, violins, an autoharp, and a Hawaiian lap steel. It marks a definitive change in the direction of the band, which hitherto had been known as a folk rock band.[4] In an interview with Rolling Stone, after they were featured as a Rolling Stone Breaking Artist, they revealed that this album "felt like [their] last chance". As a result, they "just went for it, had fun".[5] On October 24, 2007, The Pierces appeared on the CW television series Gossip Girl, in the episode "The Handmaiden's Tale", playing their songs "Secret" and "Three Wishes". They made another in the episode Hi, Society, playing the same two songs. On August 21, 2008, "Secret" by The Pierces appeared in a promo for Showtime show Dexter.[6] In May 2009, Dutch TV channel NET 5 used "Secret" in a promo for their fantasy shows Charmed and Ghost Whisperer. It also appears as the theme song for the ABC Family's original TV series, based upon the series of books by Sara Shepard, Pretty Little Liars. Secret was also played over the closing credits in the movie "ExTerminators."
The Pierces supported Coldplay at the iTunes Festival in July 2011, which happened to be on Alison's 36th Birthday. A second, much larger UK tour took place through October 2011, with Marcus Foster as support: 7th October-Leadmill (Sheffield), 8th October-02 ABC (Glasgow)(changed from the smaller venue Oran Mor due to high demand), 9th October-Academy 3 (Manchester), 11th October-Condorde 2 (Brighton), 12th October-Glee Club (Birmingham), 13th October-02 Shepherds Bush Empire (London), 15th October-Junction (Cambridge), 16th October-Waterfront (Norwich), 17th October-Glee Club (Cardiff), 19th October-02 Academy2 (Oxford), 20th October-Anson Rooms (Bristol), 21st October-Stanley Theatre (Liverpool). On 11 September, 2011, the duo announced via Twitter that their next UK single from You & I will be "Kissing You Goodbye", due 23 October. The Pierces supported Coldplay once again for their North American tour in April-May 2012. They appeared at the Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, San Jose and Los Angeles shows, as well as supporting them in their Australian tour [edit] 2012–present: Fifth studio album The Pierces confirmed on their Facebook account, that they are in the studio recording new music for their upcoming fifth studio album. On January 3rd 2013, The Pierces tweeted a fan on twitter stating that their fifth studio album should be coming this year.
话说，，是不是2012的一张新砖？！！！！！！！不会吧！！！！！！！！！！！！那我就要激动屎噜！！！！！！
话说，，是不是2012的一张新砖？！！！！！！！不会吧！！！！！！！！！！！！那我就要激动屎噜！！！！！！
2007–2010: Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge 2007年3月20日，她们第三张专辑Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge 在美国发布，由Roger Greenawalt (Nils Lofgren, Radish, Ben Kweller)制作，并受到好评，尤其是单曲Boring，对于名流的社会生活进行了讽刺。这张专辑带着一种略黑暗、边缘的风格，偶尔使用一些并不常见的乐器，比如手风琴、巴松、西塔尔、小提琴等等。这标志着姐妹俩一个明确的转型，她们在此之前被认为是一个民谣摇滚乐队。
在一次作为滚石突破艺人的采访中，她们透露说，她们觉得这张专辑“是她们最后的机会”，而结果她们“只管尽情去做，享受快乐”。2007年10月24日，她们在美剧Gossip Girls中出现，演唱"Secret"和 "Three Wishes"，在另一集中她们也唱了这两首歌。2008年8月21日，她们的Secret也出现在Dexter的宣传片中。2009年5月，荷兰NET5电视频道在他们的节目Charmed and Ghost Whisperer的宣传片中也用了Secret。Secret还作为主题曲出现在ABC电视台的Pretty Little Liars中出现（是剧中演员Ashley Benson建议的），还出现在影片ExTerminators结束时演员鸣谢的背景音乐，2012年这首歌还出现在Australian Big Brother的广告中。
两人还在The All-American Rejects（另一个组合吧）的第三张专辑中助阵，演唱Another Heart Calls。2009年她们与The All-American Rejects一起现场演出。
2010-2012：You & I 2010年10月23日，这对组合在Later…节目中与Jools Holland一起出现。12月，姐妹俩和她们的乐队一起巡演，并有Lissie助阵。她们在ITV1的节目Lorraine中现场演出，推广她们的新单Glorious。2011年5月30日You & I发布，收录了她们的单曲"Love You More", "You'll Be Mine", "Glorious" and "It Will Not Be Forgotten"，由darktones制作，Polydor Records发行。
现在，姐妹只在英国有自己的唱片公司标签，并聚焦于扩大她们在英国的影响力。她们在2011年6月进行了第一次官方意义上的巡演，由Delta Maid与Alice Gold协助。7月，恰逢Alison的36岁生日，姐妹为在iTunes Festival上演出的Coldplay助阵。10月她们又进行了一次更加大型的英国巡演，由Marcus Foster助阵。
2012年4-5月，她们再次为Coldplay的北美与澳洲巡演助阵。近期她们在Facebook上发布，她们正在录制第五张录音棚专辑。2013年1月3日，她们在Tweeter上告诉歌迷新专辑应该会在今年发布。
