Mountains Hills Plateaus and PLAINS

01 silhouettes 04:51 02 cracks 05:23. 03 give and takers 05:24 04 black train 03:48 05 linden seed 03:57 06 wooden light 03:30 07 where are you going 03:52 08 all in a day 06:59Release Date: Europe/USA 11.12.2016 Oscarson No. 09 Format: 12” Vinyl/Digital Mastering: Peter Broderick Recording/Mixing: Peter Broderick @ The Sparkle, Woods, OR Artwork: Birger Olsen Design: Matthias RehlingAll songs written by Laurel Simmons Laurel Simmons piano, guitar, vocals Peter Broderick drums, percussion, violin, synthesizers, bass, vocals Heather Broderick vocals Raul Pastor Medall bass, guitar Birger Olsen guitar, banjo Sylvie Mae Olsen heartbeat on “give and takers” — 01 silhouettes 04:51 02 cracks 05:23. 03 give and takers 05:24 04 black train 03:48 05 linden seed 03:57 06 wooden light 03:30 07 where are you going 03:52 08 all in a day 06:59
***Release Date:***
*Europe/USA 11.12.2016 Oscarson No. 09*
***Format:*** *12” Vinyl/Digital*
***Mastering:*** *Peter Broderick*
***Recording***/***Mixing:*** *Peter Broderick @ The Sparkle, Woods, OR*
***Artwork:*** *Birger Olsen*
***Design:*** *Matthias Rehling*
All songs written by Laurel Simmons
Laurel Simmons piano, guitar, vocals
Peter Broderick drums, percussion, violin, synthesizers, bass, vocals
Heather Broderick vocals
Raul Pastor Medall bass, guitar
Birger Olsen guitar, banjo
Sylvie Mae Olsen heartbeat on “give and takers”

And So I Place You In The Setting Sun

01 Setting Sun
02 The Fall
03 Stories We Lived By
04 If It Remains Light
05 Lines To Water
06 In The Fields
07 Ringing Home
08 Undertow
09 Winter Air

Release Date:
Japan 04.04.2012
Europe/USA 06.25.2012
Format: CD/Digital
Mastering: Nils Frahm
Mixing: Adam Seltzer
Artwork: Tomoyo Kawase
Design: AOKI,hayato

MayMay
E.P.

01 Born A Fable
02 All Is Still
03 Ashes Rise
04 May Month
05 If It Remains Light

Release Date:
Japan 01.18.2012
Europe/USA 04.16.2012
Format: CD/Digital
Artwork: Tomoyo Kawase
Design: AOKI,hayato

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MayMay is Laurel Simmons.

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Simmonsʼ debut solo album, And So I Place You In the Setting Sun was released in 2012 on Japanese label Flau. It is a gorgeous, quietly powerful meditation on the acceptance of transition.

Mountains Hills Plateaus and Plains, Is her second full-length album, recorded on the Oregon Coast with Peter Broderick, Heather Broderick, Raúl Pastor Medall and Birger Olsen.

Simmons is no stranger to creating pastoral, evocative music, having exercised her considerable vocal and instrumental skills as a member of beloved Portland chamber-folk darlings Loch Lomond, as well as collaborations with a variety of other well-regarded acts, including international touring with peers such as Alela Diane, Soren Lokke Juul, and Rauelsson.

The collision of Simmonsʼ somber, ethereal vocals with lyrics permeated by images of sunlight and evocative themes of the process of letting go results in a record that truly sticks with the listener.

For Simmons, music is a both a vehicle and a prayer, a way of portraying earnestness that compels the moving forward.

upcoming shows

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past shows

7/15

Beacon Sound

MayMay, Kele Goodwin,
Heather Woods Broderick
album release

2012

Japan Tour

2011

European tour

press

Simmons’ music is the type of folk to make your heart feel tiny, with her voice heartbreaking

- The FADER

She could be the American Beth Orton, if Beth Orton weren´t already the American Beth Orton

- Avant Music News

MayMay’s minimalist approach is inviting and reflective providing a beautifully morose backdrop to a Sunday afternoon

- The Line Of Best Fit

A feeling of early 1990s American indie groups like The Softies and early Blonde Redhead. Elsewhere….simply being gently beautiful in a corner

- Happening Magazine

MayMay’s burgeoning suite is best described as a barefoot walk through the evocative reflections of Simmons accentuated world

- God Is In The TV

Hushed, mournful songwriting with beautiful, understated melodies to bring a little comfort and peace in a harsh and surprising world

- Norman Records

MayMay really is a thing of beauty

- Just Music That I Like

We have a feeling 2012 is the year of MayMay

- Bowlegs

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