Bella Lea - Bella Lea EP
ARTIST.....: Bella Lea
TITLE......: Bella Lea EP
LABEL......: n/a
URL........: www.bellalea.com
RIP DATE...: Aug-27-2005
STORE DATE.: Aug-00-2005
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 17,9 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Seconds 'til Midnight 03:39
02 - When I See You 05:06
03 - I've Got More 03:12
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11:57 min
Release Notes:
www.myspace.com/bellalea
Stephen Howard (Pinebender) - bass, mellotron
Maura Davis (Denali) - vocals, guitar, piano
Matt Clark (Pinebender/Joan of Arc) - guitar, mellotron
Ryan Rapsys (Euphone/Heroic Doses) - drums
The Birth of Bella Lea Bella Lea is the new expression of songs
from Maura Davis. In the summer of 2004, Davis was thinking of how
to get a new project off the ground. With a phone call to Chicago
the Richmond, Virginia native enlisted bassist Stephen Howard and
drummer Ryan Raspsys to begin working on her home-recorded demos
(Chicagoans had served as the rhythm section for Maura's previous
band Denali on their final U.S. tour). The three musicians began
by sending discs back and forth from Virginia and Illinois. When
songs had taken shape, Maura headed to the midwest to rehearse.
Those rehearsals proved the songs had promise. The three made
plans to record a demo EP the following month at Phantom Manor
Studio in chicago. With Maura back in Chicago preparing for the
session, a third Chicago talent, guitarist Matt Clark, was added
to the group. What the four members of the as-yet-unnamed band put
to tape at the Manor is precisely the sum of it's parts. Davis's
compositions draped over the expert rhythms and low-end melodies
of Rapsys and Howard then warped by Clark's anaesthetizing guitar
tone. All four can play the lights out. Bella Lea is a body
holding great potential energy. They are now standing at the start
overlooking vast opportunity. There is much anticipation. The band
will be touring extensively this spring while preparing to record
a proper full-length record.