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Azure Ray is a Georgia-based duo, namely Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor, who
used to be in rock group Little Red Rocket and released Who Did You Pay (1997).
Azure Ray (Warm, 2001) was a collection of
folk-pop vignettes for breathy vocals a` la
Mazzy Star and chamber arrangements
(Sleep, Displaced, Rise).
The EP November (Saddle Creek, 2002) added the
elegantly catchy November.
The girls' fragile music is supported on Burn and Shiver (Warm, 2002)
by more robust acoustic and electronic arrangements. Alas, the songwriting
and the melodies were much weaker.
How You Remember, Raining in Athens,
Favorite Cities are the notable exceptions.
Hold on Love (Saddle Creek, 2003) is more of the same, without
adequate inspiration and virtually any technical progress.
New Resolution and If You Fall are just a bit more lively
than usual.
Nothing Like A Song is simply a rewrite of November.
Azure Ray helped Andy LeMaster's project Now It's OVerhead record
Now It's OVerhead (Saddle Creek, 2001), a confused confessional
pop-folk affair.
Azure Ray's Maria Taylor became part of Andy LeMaster's band and plays
also on his second album Fall Back Open (Saddle Creek, 2004).
Maria Taylor's solo album 11:11 (Saddle Creek, 2005) is a collection
of gentle breathy ballads
(Song Beneath The Song), while
Orenda Fink's Invisible Ones (Saddle Creek, 2005) is a more innovative
work that draws from gothic and ethnic sources.
Taylor's Lynn Teeter Flower (2007) was a more conventional stab
at radio-friendly folk-pop.
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Gli Azure Ray sono duo con base in Georgia , Orenda Fink e Maria Taylor, in precedenza suonavano con i Little Red Rocket , un gruppo rock con cui hanno pubblicato l'album "Who Did You Pay" (1997).
Azure Ray (Warm,2001) è una raccolta di vignette folk-pop per vocalizzi sospirati a la Mazzy Star , e arrangiamenti da camera (Sleep, Displaced, Rise).L'Ep Novembre (Saddle Creek, 2002) aggiunge l'elegante brano omonimo.
Su "Burn and Shiver (Warm, 2002) la musica fragile di queste ragazze viene supportata da arrangiamenti acustici e elettronici più robusti. Peccato che la scrittura e le melodie siano più deboli. How You Remember, Raining in Athens e Favorite Cities sono le uniche degne di nota.
Hold on Love (Saddle Creek, 2003) non si discosta molto dal disco prededente, senza l'adeguata ispirazione né alcun progresso tecnico. New Resolution e If You Fall sono solo un po' più vivaci del solito. Nothing Like A Song non è che una riscrittura di November.
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