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Maria Taylor - Leap Year

Having a fiance living in Mongolia makes you a sucker for some really sappy songs. Wait, thats not true. I've ALWAYS been a sucker for songs about longing, especially when they're done with droning and swelling instrumentation, and always when they're done with a girl singer. Don't be fooled though, Maria Taylor still does it with intelligence and sincerity - if her previous band Azure Ray and her connection to Saddle Creek and their ilk are any indication. The most basic comparison I could give is that her music is like if Death Cab for Cutie had a girl singer. It's music for super cool indie films and people who look at the world like cinematographers - and for guys who listen to songs on repeat for an hour and a half.


Anyway, enjoy. I've been loving it.


You can hear more of her stuff at http://myspace.com/mariataylor


Comments

haha, when I read:
"Having a fiance living in Mongolia makes you a sucker for some really sappy songs."
I was thinking EXACTLY your next line:
"Wait, thats not true. I've ALWAYS been a sucker for songs about longing."
I'm glad you've found an excuse now. ;-)

"It's music... for guys who listen to songs on repeat for an hour and a half."
Again, I happen to know that you're speaking from personal experience here. One thing that often made me want to scratch my eyes out during our high school days was when you'd take a shower with a song on repeat (LOUD) on the stereo in the bathroom. For about an hour and a half.

It's cool music; thanks for the heads up. Now I feel the urge to go put on my black sweater and hold myself while rocking back and forth.

Nice song. A bit haunting, and it goes down easy. Yet it's not simple music. Inventive instrumentation.

I saw her play with her brother and sister as her band last Monday at Tangiers in Los Feliz. Her voice is that amazing live. Thanks for turning me on to her. I'm hooked. I play Leap Year on repeat as well.

ash xo

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Now: Director PR/Media Relations at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Then: Spent my first year and a half of marriage in Mongolia. Before: Ten years in the music industry. For more of the story, see my "About Me" page.