Azure Ray
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Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. They met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. They fronted a band called Little Red Rocket, often compared to Veruca Salt, in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in the mid and late 1990s and released two albums with the band on Tim/Kerr records.
Azure Ray started in Athens, Georgia, but has since relocated to Omaha, Nebraska and joined the music scene there. Their sound is sparse and understated, with intimate lyrics, elements of alt-country and folk Americana, and occasional forays into minimalist electronica territory. They are also in another Saddle Creek band called Now It's Overhead, with Andy LeMaster also of Georgia. The two have also collaborated with Moby and co-wrote the song, "Great Escape" on the album 18. They have also appeared quite often on numerous Bright Eyes records. Fink also works with Japancakes.
Orenda Fink married Todd Baechle, lead singer of The Faint, in March 2005.
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[edit] Solo releases
Taylor's first solo album, titled 11:11, was released in May 2005 on Saddle Creek Records. Fink's solo album, Invisible Ones, was released on August 2005, also on Saddle Creek.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Azure Ray (Warm Records, 2001)
- Burn and Shiver (Warm Records, 2002)
- Hold on Love (Saddle Creek Records, 2003)
[edit] Singles and EPs
- Sleep EP (Warm Records, 2002)
- November EP (Saddle Creek Records, 2002)
- "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" (Saddle Creek Records, 2003)
- "New Resolution" (Saddle Creek Records, 2004)
[edit] Soundtracks
- Winter Passing soundtrack
- The Devil Wears Prada soundtrack - "Sleep"
- Shortbus soundtrack
[edit] See also
[edit] Trivia
- Their song "New Resolution" is played in an episode of The O.C., titled "The Truth".
- Their song "Displaced" is featured in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, titled "Seeing Red".
- Their song "Sleep" is featured in the movie The Devil Wears Prada.
- Their song "If You Fall" is featured in the movie Shortbus.
[edit] External Links
| Saddle Creek Records |
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| Artists |
| Azure Ray | Beep Beep | Bright Eyes | Broken Spindles | Criteria | Cursive | Desaparecidos | Eric Bachmann | The Faint | The Good Life Ladyfinger (ne) | Maria Taylor | Mayday | Neva Dinova | Now It's Overhead | Orenda Fink | Son, Ambulance | Sorry About Dresden | Two Gallants |
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| The Cog Factory | Conor Oberst | Lagniappe | Mike Mogis | Music of Nebraska | Presto! Recording Studios | Robb Nansel | Saddle Creek 50 Simon Joyner | Sokol Auditorium | Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek | Team Love Records | Tim Kasher |
