Tagged: timelapselifeline

We cannot forget the time when Azure Ray split and Maria Taylor left to do her own solo work. It was in 042 when it happened, but we really felt lost without the dream pop they made. It was laced with alternative, country and even minimalist electronica, to produce something we wish we had much much more of, even till now. Even though Maria and Orenda are in another band called Now Its Overhead , nothing was going to replace Azure Ray's music. [...]

• Maria Taylor - Time Lapse Lifeline

Indie darling, singer/songwriter Maria Taylor observes that her third solo effort (due March 31) is all about "personal growth and the change that comes with it." She should know. For Taylor personally, change has meant the end of a relationship, a move to L.A., a new label (Nettwerk) and, for the listener, a lyrical outlook that reflects both a melancholy for the loss of things past and the optimism of things to come. "This change in my life was so so needed," she says, "that, whereas lots of older songs have happy words but a sad undertone, these [...]