May 5, 2016 For Immediate Release

APARNA NANCHERLA ANNOUNCES DEBUT COMEDY RECORD, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE, OUT 7/8

INAUGURAL RELEASE FOR TIG NOTARO'S NEW SECRETLY CANADIAN IMPRINT, BENTZEN BALL RECORDS

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Today, Secretly Canadian has two big announcements. First off, they're excited to announce the formation of the new stand-up comedy imprint Bentzen Ball Records, which will be helmed by none other than Tig Notaro. You can read an exclusive interview with Tig about her new label on Billboard.

The second big (and very related) news is that the inaugural release for Bentzen Ball Records will be the debut album from the hilarious Aparna Nancherla, entitled Just Putting This Out There, and will be released on July 8th. A familiar face at festivals across North America, Nancherla was most recently a staff writer at NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. Additional credits include Conan, numerous Comedy Central appearances, Last Comic Standing, NPR, MTV, VH1, Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist Podcast and WTF with Marc Maron.

Nancherla never considered recording an album before Tig Notaro encouraged her to take the plunge. The two first met at 2009’s Notaro-curated inaugural Bentzen Ball in D.C.; six years later Nancherla opened for Notaro’s historic New York Comedy Festival performance. The latter bared her mastectomy scars onstage at The Town Hall Theater, an experience Nancherla describes as “amazingly powerful.” When Notaro decided to launch her own Bentzen Ball Records, Nancherla was the first comedian invited to join the new label.

Nancherla puts bold, incisive twists on food, travel, technology and more on debut Just Putting This Out There. As her trademark one-liner “Don’t you think any pizza can be a personal one if you cry while you eat it?” illustrates, Nancherla subverts live comedy’s traditional setup-punchline structure to comment on the very art form she pursues. She not only embraces substance over style, she mines unexpected substance from style itself.

WATCH A TEASER FOR THE TRACK "THOUGHTS ON SUSTENANCE" ****LINK****

JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE TRACKLISTING 1. Intro / Expectations 2. First Things First 3. How Did We Get Here 4. Thoughts on Sustenance 5. Traveling Bard 6. I Bring Up The Weather 7. Clothes For Discussion 8. City of Strangels 9. Blessed To Be Stressed 10. New Yawk City! 11. Work - Home Edition 12. Work - Office Edition 13. Almost Dating 14. Inner Monologue

Bentzen Ball Records: http://bentzenballrecords.com/

Pre-order Just Putting It Out There: Direct: http://smarturl.it/aparna iTunes: http://smarturl.it/aparna_it Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/aparna_bc Amazon: http://smarturl.it/aparna_amz

Watch Aparna and Jo Firestone on "Womanhood": https://youtu.be/I63AeptUwOE

Aparna Nancherla Online: http://aparnacomedy.com https://twitter.com/aparnapkin https://www.facebook.com/aparna.nancherla/

For more information, contact: Jacob Daneman | Pitch Perfect PR - [email protected], 773- 271-6844

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