Shannon Lay

Shannon Lay
Background information
Born1991 (age 32–33)
GenresFolk, punk
Years active2015–present

Shannon Lay (born 1991) is an American folk and punk musician.[1] She has released four solo albums and was a member of the band Feels.

Early life and career

Lay grew up in Redondo Beach, California, a second-generation Irish-American, and started playing guitar at age 13.[2][3] She left Redondo Beach for Los Angeles when she was 17 years old.[2] She was the lead guitarist in the band Facts on File, and later joined Raw Geronimo, who changed their name to Feels after several members left and others joined.[4] Feels released two albums with Lay as a member: Feels (2016) and Post Earth (2019).[5][6] Lay left Feels in January 2020.[7] She is also a member of the Freedom Band, Ty Segall's backing band.[8]

She has cited The Damned, Stephen Malkmus, Nick Drake, Negative Approach, the Ramones, Slayer, The Velvet Underground and X as influences.[4][2]

Solo career

Holy Heartache (2015)

Lay's debut recording, Holy Heartache (2015), is a collection of 16 demos recorded at home.[4] In 2018 she described it as "just me putting songs on Bandcamp," and commented "It never felt like an official release."[4]

All This Life Going Down (2016)

All This Life Going Down was released in 2016. Simon Weedn of the L.A. Record described the album as "one of the most beautifully delicate bedroom-pop albums one might hope to hear", praised its intimacy and observed that "There is never a moment that passes where it doesn’t feel like Lay is in the room, performing these songs by herself."[9]

Living Water (2017)

Living Water was released in 2017 by Mare Records, an imprint of Woodsist founded by Kevin Morby specifically in order to release the album.[2]

Writing in The Straits Times, Yeow Kai Chai compared Living Water to Nick Drake's Pink Moon and Vashti Bunyan's Just Another Diamond Day and wrote: "With an observant eye for nature's ways and an ear for the rhythms of the heart, [Lay] intuits life's bountiful lessons."[10] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork praised "Home" as "a good glimpse of what makes Lay’s music special" and argued that "Living Water is shot through with a kind of ragged hope—not optimism, exactly, but a determined belief in the power of that life force to pull us all toward something like transcendence."[11]

In 2018, Lay released a live session recorded for Audiotree featuring three songs from Living Water, two from All This Life Going Down and two previously unreleased songs.[12]

August (2019)

August, Lay's first album as a full-time musician after quitting her day job and her first album for Sub Pop, was released in 2019.[13][8] It was co-produced by Lay and Ty Segall and features a wider array of instrumentation than her previous albums.[13]

Mark Deming of AllMusic noted that the more complex sound did not come at the expense of a sense of intimacy, and wrote that "she creates tunes with a simple grace that's a superb match for the lyrics which revel in the glorious mysteries of the world around us. And it's welcome to hear a contemporary artist who so comfortably embraces their folkie side without a sense of irony and with both feet planted firmly in reality".[13] Pitchfork's Erin Osmon praised "Death Up Close" and "November" and argued that Lay's "vision is clear-eyed, poetic, and for all the ways she channels the greats ... she also chisels her own name in the canon".[8] Writing in Clash, Wilf Skinner commented that "August is best at its most meditative, even if its gravity belies a certain goofiness", and described the album as "more self-assured and hopeful" than Living Water;[14] while Hannah Siden of Exclaim! praised Lay's "unusual choices in some places – playing with tempo, dynamics and instrumentals" and assessed the album as "hypnotic, assured" and "at its best when it locks into moments of relaxed momentum, buoyed by gently driving, repetitive instrumentals".[15]

In December 2019, Lay released "Blue" and "We Mend" through the Sub Pop Singles Club.[16] In June 2020, Lay collaborated with Steve Gunn to cover Blaze Foley's "Clay Pigeons" as a fundraiser for the Black Visions Collective.[17]

Geist (2021)

Geist' was released on October 8, 2021.[18] The album features collaborations with Devin Hoff and Ty Segall,[19] and is produced by Lay and Jarvis Taveniere.[20] The album features a cover of Syd Barrett's "Late Night".[21] "Rare to Wake" is inspired by Frank Herbert's novel Dune.[22]

Reviewing Geist for Pitchfork, Emma Madden described the album as "the sound of an artist seeing themselves—their personality and temperament—reflected back to them for the first time" and likened Lay's role on the album to that of "a spiritual guide, kindly and patiently directing the listener towards their own sense of inner tranquility."[23] Pitchfork later listed "Rare to Wake" as one of the 100 best songs of 2021.[24] Ben Niesen of Atwood Magazine wrote that Geist "documents [Lay's] continued transformation into a bona fide singer/songwriter", noted the influence of Celtic music and the work of Anne Briggs, and likened tracks to songs by Brian Eno, Bert Jansch and Joni Mitchell.[3] Writing in The Guardian, Kitty Empire described Geist as "even more assured and contemplative" than August, noted the album's theme of the relationship between forward motion and personal growth, and praised the album's instrumentation.[25] Identifying the album as one of a number of "standout albums from the new singer-songwriter movement" released during the COVID-19 pandemic, Daniel de Visé of Spin described its songs as "some of the most starkly beautiful folk guitar figures put to vinyl since Nick Drake plucked his last."[26]

Covers Vol. 1 (2023)

Lay released a covers album, entitled Covers Vol. 1 and featuring versions of songs by Vashti Bunyan, Arthur Russell, Ty Segall, The Velvet Underground and others, in April 2023.[27] Mark Moody of Under the Radar described Covers Vol. 1 as offering a valuable insight into Lay's influences, and described covers of Sibylle Baier's "I Lost Something in the Hills" and Osees's "I Am Slow" as "tracks that stand out the most for providing the listener the least to grab onto."[28] Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork argued that the album's covers "rely on subtle changes", not only cataloging Lay's influences but also demonstrating "how she continues to live with them", and praised Lay's versions of songs by peers such as Ty Segall's "The Keeper".[29]

Other work

Lay appears on Devin Hoff's album Voices from the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs) (2021), a tribute to the English folk singer Anne Briggs,[30][31] and Ezra Furman's song "Point Me Toward the Real" (2022).[32] In April 2024, Lay released "Mirrors" as a standalone single.[33]

References

  1. ^ Martin, Liam. "Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Manning, Emily (September 20, 2017). "Meet Shannon Lay, a 'Simpsons' super-fan crafting beautifully tender folk tunes". Vice. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Niesen, Ben (October 26, 2021). "Interview: Shannon Lay Finds Her Superpower on 'Geist'". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Falling James (September 13, 2018). "Both sides now with Shannon Lay". LA Weekly. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Rindner, Grant (February 25, 2016). "Feels serve up the sweetest scuzz". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Berman, Stuart (February 22, 2019). "FEELS: Post Earth". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  7. ^ Kenneally, Cerys (January 3, 2020). "FEELS reveal Shannon Lay has left the band". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c Osmon, Erin (August 27, 2019). "Shannon Lay: August". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  9. ^ Weedn, Simon (February 11, 2017). "Shannon Lay: All This Life Goin Down". L.A. Record. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  10. ^ Chai, Yeow Kai (October 11, 2017). "Shannon Lay's intoxicating Living Water". The Straits Times. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  11. ^ Sherburne, Philip (September 25, 2017). "Shannon Lay: Living Water". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  12. ^ Chai, Yeow Kai (November 15, 2018). "Spectral quality with urban toughness". The Straits Times. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "Shannon Lay: August". AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  14. ^ Skinner, Wilf (August 21, 2019). "Shannon Lay – August". Clash. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  15. ^ Siden, Hannah (August 20, 2019). "Shannon Lay: August". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  16. ^ Kenneally, Cerys (December 12, 2019). "Shannon Lay drops new tracks 'Blue' and 'We Mend' for Sub Pop's Singles Club". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "80+ special/exclusive releases for today's Bandcamp fundraiser". BrooklynVegan. 5 June 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  18. ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (July 14, 2021). "Shannon Lay Announces New Album 'Geist', Shares New Tracks". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  19. ^ Redfern, Mark (July 14, 2021). "Shannon Lay Announces New Album, Shares New Songs 'Awaken and Allow' and 'Geist'". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  20. ^ Osmon, Erin (October 6, 2021). "Shannon Lay on new album Geist: 'The beliefs I had about myself were crumbling. Everything was shattering'". Uncut. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  21. ^ Moody, Mark (October 6, 2021). "Shannon Lay on 'Geist' and Taking Things Slow". Under the Radar. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  22. ^ Sharples, Grant (7 October 2021). "Shannon Lay Is Doing This for Herself". Spin. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  23. ^ Madden, Emma (October 12, 2021). "Shannon Lay: Geist". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  24. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2021". Pitchfork. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  25. ^ Empire, Kitty (October 17, 2021). "Shannon Lay: Geist". The Guardian. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  26. ^ de Visé, Daniel (September 13, 2022). "I Write the Songs..." Spin. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  27. ^ Minsker, Evan (February 23, 2023). "Shannon Lay Covers Elliott Smith's 'Angeles' for New Album: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  28. ^ Moody, Mark (April 10, 2023). "Shannon Lay: Covers Vol. 1". Under the Radar. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  29. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (April 18, 2023). "Covers Vol. 1: Shannon Lay". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  30. ^ Campbell, Caleb (September 14, 2021). "Premiere: Devin Hoff Debuts Cover of Anne Briggs' 'Go Your Way' feat. Sharon Van Etten". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  31. ^ Blake, Thomas (November 19, 2021). "Devin Hoff – Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  32. ^ Minsker, Evan (March 1, 2022). "Ezra Furman Announces Tour, Shares New Song 'Point Me Toward the Real': Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  33. ^ DeVille, Chris (April 24, 2024). "Shannon Lay – 'Mirrors'". Stereogum. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

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