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  • From: "Lee Crumpton" <lee AT homegrownmusic.net>
  • To: <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Lizzy Ross Band new CD now available
  • Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:19:12 -0400

Chapel Hill's own Lizzy Ross Band has just released their new CD "Read Me
Out Loud".

Learn/hear more and pick up a copy here:
http://www.homegrownmusic.net/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code
=Lizzy2



Many bands take their time crafting their first full-length. Chapel Hill's
Lizzy Ross Band took a bit longer than they wanted. Their self-released
debut Read Me Out Loud shines through a 6-month struggle of broken bones and
busted budgets, tackling obstacles with rich indie soul and boundless
enthusiasm. Upbeat rhythms and melodies hide more serious themes. Lyrically,
Ross's sincerity cuts deep. This is an album about growing up, wanting to
know others and be known yourself, about embracing the world and all of its
incumbent risks.

These struggles mix perfectly with Ross' fiery pipes. She recently won the
Carolina Music Award for Rock Female of 2011 and is nominated for Best
Female Blues artist at the 2011 Charlotte Music Awards. It's easy to
understand why. Her voice delivers a charming trill one moment, only to
erupt in rough, bluesy emotion the next. It's a powerful instrument that's
earned her comparisons to artists like Grace Potter and Edie Brickell among
others. Backed up by sophisticated arrangements that include touches of
country, '60s roots rock, and a dash of Motown, Ross stares down the
uncertain future and sings it into submission.

Read Me Out Loud's emotional power is rooted in its troublesome origins. The
band began recording at Arbor Ridge in January. Drew Daniel, the band's
drummer, broke his wrist two weeks in and recording ground to a halt. The
band was at an impasse, but Ross was determined to continue. Unable to
schedule regular studio time, Ross and Daniel started recording on a
two-channel Tascam interface in her attic bedroom. Ross bought and learned
Pro Tools, and Daniel recorded drum parts one-handed - tracking first the
right hand part, then the left hand part.

"We were staying up all night, cables and drums strewn across the bedroom
floor, constantly preoccupied with recording," Ross remembers. "When my head
hit the pillow, I dreamt of Pro Tools."

In the midst of this fervor, the band brought in James Wallace (Max Indian,
Light Pines) on keys, Tim Smith (Squirrel Nut Zippers) on sax, Josh Starmer
(Birds and Arrows) on cello, John Garris (Big Fat Gap) on fiddle and other
guest artists to round out the album, expanding the sound beyond the
rough-and-ready folk-rock of their impassioned shows. Recording novices,
Ross and Daniel sought out the mixing skills of Chris Stamey to bring it all
together.

By the time the album was finished Brett Hart and Jock Pyle had joined on
bass and electric guitar to solidify the band's lineup. Finally finished and
raring to go, the Lizzy Ross Band plans to tour heavily in the coming year
to support their powerful debut.





  • Lizzy Ross Band new CD now available, Lee Crumpton, 10/07/2011

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