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Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The pair
met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine
Arts. They fronted a band called Little Red Rocket, often
compared to Veruca Salt, in their hometown of Birmingham,
Alabama in the mid and late 1990s and released two albums with
the band on Tim/Kerr records.
Azure Ray started in Athens, Georgia, but relocated to Omaha, Nebraska
and joined the music scene there. Their sound is sparse and
understated, with intimate lyrics, elements of alt-country and folk Americana,
and occasional forays into minimalist electronica territory. Taylor and Fink are
also in another Saddle Creek band called Now It's
Overhead, with Andy LeMaster. The two have collaborated
with Moby and co-wrote the song,
"Great Escape" on the album 18. They have also appeared on numerous
Bright
Eyes records. Fink also works with Japancakes.
Azure Ray disbanded in 2004, leaving Fink and Taylor to work on
solo and other collaborative projects, including working in Now
It's Overhead and Maria Taylor's solo recordings.
Fink and Taylor reformed the band for a one-off show in Los Angeles on November
30, 2008. The duo was accompanied by Andy LeMaster of Now It's
Overhead and Nick
White of Tilly and the Wall.
In 2009, Taylor announced on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic
that the band would reform on a semi-permanent basis in July 2009
for "5 or 6" shows before working on a new Azure Ray album.
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EPs
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