New Music Tuesday: Azure Ray

I love Tuesdays. Tuesdays mean that there's wonderful new music being released into the world, music like Azure Ray's Drawing Down the Moon.

Azure Ray is an indie duo from Athens, Georgia made up of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The band started in 2001, but Azure Ray disbanded in 2004. Taylor and Fink have both since (besides reuniting obviously) released solo albums on Saddle Creek Records.

Azure Ray's sound is sparse and understated, with intimate lyrics, elements of alt-country, folk, Americana, and the occasional minimalist electronica. While their music is ethereal and breezy, the duo's tracks are never fully stripped-down. With harp, bass, cello, oboe, violin, bassoon, and drums, their sound is truly multi-layered.

Download the first single, "Don't Leave My Mind," via Saddle Creek.

“Don’t Leave My Mind” is simply beautiful, all warm vocals and electronic pulses. Swoon.

And don't forget, you can check out all the music being released today in Hello September! And let me tell you, picking the one album to check out for September 14th was pretty hard!