Waves (Azure Ray EP)

Waves
EP by
Azure Ray
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018
GenreDream pop
Length16:00
LabelFlower Moon Records
Producer
Azure Ray chronology
As Above So Below
(2010) 		Waves
(2018)

Waves is the eighth studio release by American duo Azure Ray, consisting of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. It was released on October 26, 2018, on Flower Moon Records.

Background

After a five-year hiatus following the release of As Above So Below, the band announced in October 2017 that their self-titled debut and Burn and Shiver were now on Taylor's label.[1] A few weeks later, a cryptic message teasing an "important announcement" was posted to the band's social media accounts[2] and on November 17, 2017, Taylor and Fink announced they would once again reunite for a one-off show in Los Angeles at the Lodge Room on January 20, 2018.[3] In August 2018, a second reunion show, this time in their hometown of Omaha, was announced for October 26, 2018.[4]

On September 26, 2018 Stereogum announced their new EP and first new record in 6 years, Waves and premiered a new single, "Palindrome," calling it a "mournful string-driven ballad which offers the best of the band's spectral harmonies, woodsy storytelling and aching wisdom."[5] Billboard premiered the Alan Tanner directed video for "Palindrome" on October 19, 2018.[6] Billboard also premiered a new recording of "Hold on Love" from their 2003 record of the same name, which the band said "reflects the live version that we came to love playing through the years."[7] KCRW premiered the video for the "hauntingly beautiful" "Last Summer In Omaha" on October 25, 2018.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Azure Ray, except where otherwise listed.

  1. "Palindrome"
  2. "Last Summer In Omaha"
  3. "Nightswimming" (R.E.M. cover)
  4. "Hold On Love (2018 Version)"
  5. "Palindrome (Reprise)"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "News". FLOWER MOON RECORDS.
  2. ^ "Azure Ray on Instagram: "#azureray"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  3. ^ "Photos: Azure Ray, the Elected and Whispertown at the Lodge Room". January 22, 2018.
  4. ^ writer, Kevin Coffey World-Herald staff (25 August 2018). "Azure Ray to play first Omaha show in years at Bemis benefit". Omaha.com.
  5. ^ "Azure Ray - "Palindrome"". Stereogum. September 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "Azure Ray Premieres First New Music in Six Years With Clever 'Palindrome' Video: Exclusive". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Azure Ray Debuts Heartfelt New Version Of 2003 Track 'Hold On Love': Exclusive". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Video Premiere: Azure Ray "Last Summer In Omaha"". KCRW. October 25, 2018.