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++Limited Edition Hand Screened & Numbered copies of LIMELIGHT available now.. Lovely silver ink on black jacket- Beautiful!.++ "Limelight, the debut recording of New Yorker-by-way-of-Nashville LIZ TORMES, bridges the world of roots with the haunting, reverberating chill of dream-pop. Tormes has a deft approach in her vocal that conveys innocence, with just a touch of lurking menace, heard to best effect on "Maybe You Won't," a duet with Teddy Thompson. The mix of silk and danger is perfectly suited to her songwriting, and this self-produced, self-released disc speaks of talent on the other side of the mixing board as well. Tormes is certainly one to watch."- SKYSCRAPER MAGAZINE "East Villager Tormes has been causing a stir in the local circuit and beyond; catch her live now, before everyone and their Ticketmastered brother is fighting you for tickets." - VILLAGE VOICE On "Maybe You Won't" (duet with Teddy Thompson)- "Absolutely shimmering duet. As good as the things Teddy Thompson's mother and father were doing in the seventies. Amy Helm, Levon's daughter, sings on another track on the album". - ROOTSY "One of the most promising singer-songwriters performing in NYC's East Village right now, Liz Tormes began her music career playing rhythm guitar in the infamous Alphabet City Opry where she was recruited for her sense of time. Since then, she has written an impressive body of work and has performed at Mercury Lounge, The Knitting Factory, Sin-e, and The Living Room. Liz is a guest vocalist on the song "Two Steps", which she co-wrote, on the Columbia Records debut release from Ollabelle and her song "Happy" can be heard in Amos Kollecks's feature film "Bridget". Growing up in Nashville, Liz spent her time listening to The Smiths and Echo & The Bunnymen while riding to the Grand Ole Opry with Bill Monroe and spending summer days at the house of Johnny Cash. The combination of those early influences and a musical diet of nothing but murder ballads & old time music while teaching herself to play guitar, appears to have had a lasting impact on Liz Tormes' music and lyrics. While the moody songs on her upcoming CD, Limelight, may retain echoes of the stark, honest realism of early roots music, the arrangements and instrumentation move boldly beyond that genre to incorporate quirky keyboard melodies amid washes of sparkly guitar which run beneath her sweetly haunting voice. The result is a dark, acoustic pop record filled with eerily familiar melancholy songs that seem to wander in the window as if from a distant radio and have been drawing comparisons to Sam Phillips, Neko Case and Nina Nastasia. Teddy Thompson & Ollabelle's Amy Helm appear as guest vocalists. Liz has recently finished recording her first full length album, Limelight, which will be released later this year. Early interest from Ken Coomer (of Wilco & Uncle Tupelo fame) resulted in an EP of demos last year, but the upcoming album will be Liz's first national release. Check out the artist's website: http://www.liztormes.com Track List: 1. Read My Mind 2. Without Truth 3. Limelight 4. Maybe You Won't 5. Black Luck 6. Better Days 7. Graceful Dissent 8. Fall Silent 9. Sorry 10. Fade Away Suggested CDs:
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