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Black Acid Soul

by Lady Blackbird

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brussb Gorgeous minimalist arrangements and one of the most beautiful and moving voices I've ever heard. Lady Blackbird brings a Monk-like ability to get right into your guts and start rooting around. Favorite track: Five Feet Tall.
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schannine Lady Blackbird, thank you so much for your piece of art, your music, your voice [sic!].

Favorite track: Bewahre the stranger
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Mark Kirby She brings the spirit of Nina Simone through her own unique voice and attitude. Every song is dripping with emotion, the kind best expressed though gospel and soul. The spare instrumentation of stand-up bass, piano, organ and ghostly strings. Some of the moods created remind me of Kind of Blue (the song "Fix It"). All in all and awesome record.
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1.
Blackbird 04:00
Why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain't ever gonna fly No place big enough for holding All the tears you're gonna cry Cause your mama's name was "Lonely" And your daddy's name was "Pain" And they call you "Little Sorrow" Cause you'll never love again So why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain't ever gonna fly Why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain't ever gonna fly You ain't got no one to hold you You ain't got no one to care If you'd only understand, dear Nobody wants you anywhere So why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain't ever gonna fly Why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain't ever gonna fly You ain't got no one to hold you You ain't got no one to care So why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain't ever gonna fly You ain't ever gonna fly
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You say forget you, find me somebody new. It's not that easy, when I placed all my faith in you. I know that I... love you only. And as each day pass, night finds me so lonely. It's a hurting thing, and it's so... un-sensed... Too sad to watch, watch a good love go by. Oh I know... I know that I always think about you. I've grown so used to you, I just cannot... make it without you It's not that easy... forgetting you.
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Fix It 04:50
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Collage 03:17
Blue for the blue I feel when I'm feeling down In the ground, feeling down That could be most any day Green for the eyes, take a look around When the sun goes down And the sun goes down in the strangest way Red for the light, gotta stop this thing Find a song to sing that is everything That I meant to say I meant to say Green for the minds that are dry like the world Never see the good that's done the bad It's too late to see Two of us make it easier To read the signs, memorize the lines Won't you stay with me? One for the road, I'll be on my way Come another day when the things we say Find a way to be A way to be Autumn calls for a change of year Bringing winter near, oh I scream "The ground And the skies are fine" Wintertime is a razor blade That the devil made, it's the price we pay For the summertime Spring days come and it's hard to know Where the rain comes from, where the children go It's a nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme
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I remember Our first affair All the pain Always rain Around my eyes It'll never happen again It'll never happen again Every time I leave you alone I remember times I couldn't come home It'll never happen again It'll never happen again Why can't you be The way I want you to be Why can't you see You've got to change And love me I remember Our first affair All the pain Always rain Around my eyes It'll never happen again It'll never happen again
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She’s wanted Dead or alive Distinguishing features She got cold and shifty eyes She’ll lead you on With her words so soft and sweet She’ll rob you of your pride and then sweep you off your feet She’ll wine and dine you You’re the one to have to pay And you’ll never see her When she makes her get away So beware the stranger Lurking in your town Tall dark and handsome Y’all beware Your heart break down She’s sweet and loving And she’ll steal your breath away She’s a tricky character Like an actor in play Embezzlement and murder Oh these crimes are just a few She’ll steal your heart away Surely steal the love you knew
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about

The highly-anticipated and debut album Black Acid Soul, due for its long awaited release on September 3rd via Foundation Music/BMG.

With a voice that has stopped critics in their tracks, Lady Blackbird is a revelatory new talent with music that transcends the jazz scene through which the LA-based artist is rooted. Reflecting influences as varied as Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner and Chaka Khan, with critics drawing comparisons to Adele, Amy and Celeste, Lady Blackbird’s distinct and beguiling talent is not one to be missed.

Honouring the great's has come as a musical process to Lady Blackbird, having recorded her highly anticipated debut album Black Acid Soul in legendary Studio B (Prince’s room) in Sunset Sound, produced by Grammy-nominated Chris Seefried.

Minimal yet rich, classic yet timely, the album connects backwards to Miles Davis (his pianist, Deron Johnson, plays Steinway Baby Grand, Mellotron and Casio Synth throughout) and forwards to Pete Tong (he made the Bruise mix of ‘Collage’ his Number Two Essential Selection tune of 2020) and, yes, Victoria Beckham – Matthew Herbert’s remix of second single ‘Beware The Stranger’ soundtracked the designer’s Spring/Summer 2020 Fashion show.

Its 11 tracks have a sound, feeling and attitude that speak of Lady Blackbird's deep experiences in music.

credits

released September 3, 2021

Produced by Chris Seefried
A&R by Ross Allen

Deron Johnson playing Steinway Baby Grand, Mellotron, Casio Synth
Jon Flaugher playing Double Bass
Jimmy Paxson playing Drums, Percussion
Chris Seefried playing Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews playing Trumpet

Recorded and Mixed By Seth Atkins Horan
Mastered By Bernie Grundman, At Bernie Grundman Mastering LA CA
Recorded at Sunset Sound LA CA
Mixing at Gnu Gnome LA CA

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Lady Blackbird Los Angeles, California

Whilst reflecting influences as varied as Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner and Chaka Khan, Los Angeles-based Lady Blackbird (aka Marley Munroe) possesses a style and emotional intensity that is very much her own. Her forthcoming debut album Black Acid Soul presents a wholly fresh take on the jazz vocal idiom from an artist blessed with a bold, unmistakeable voice. ... more

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