Audrye Sessions EP
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Audrye Sessions is the 2008 self-titled EP
by the band Audrye Sessions
, which was released on October 14, 2008, under Black Seal, a unit of Sony BMG. It featured their first single "Turn Me Off", which fared well among critics and received airplay on the radio.
According to lead singer Karazija, inspiration for "Turn Me Off" came after watching a television special hosted by James Gandolfini
about war veterans
who came back injured badly. He says that the song is intended to evoke "being so messed up that you want to shut off." The song has been described as having an "up-tempo beat". "Awake" and "Where you'll find me" have been compared musically to Radiohead.
Although they did not do so extensively, Audrye Sessions supported the release of the EP with a tour, and performed at the CMJ Music Marathon in 2008. All four of the songs on the EP appeared on their self-titled full length album.
In 2008, Black Seal released the music video for "Turn me off", which was directed by Sean Desmond.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by the band Audrye Sessions
Audrye Sessions
Audrye Sessions was an indie rock band from Oakland, California.-History:Audrye Sessions was founded in 2002 by singer Ryan Karazija and Alicia Marie Campbell. Soon after Michael Knox joined the band through a Craigslist ad...
, which was released on October 14, 2008, under Black Seal, a unit of Sony BMG. It featured their first single "Turn Me Off", which fared well among critics and received airplay on the radio.
Background
Prior to Audrye Sessions, the band was signed with an independent label and released the album Braille. This led to a major-label recording contract with RCA Records' subsidiary Black Seal for Audrye Sessions.According to lead singer Karazija, inspiration for "Turn Me Off" came after watching a television special hosted by James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini
James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an Italian American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia...
about war veterans
Veteran
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
who came back injured badly. He says that the song is intended to evoke "being so messed up that you want to shut off." The song has been described as having an "up-tempo beat". "Awake" and "Where you'll find me" have been compared musically to Radiohead.
Although they did not do so extensively, Audrye Sessions supported the release of the EP with a tour, and performed at the CMJ Music Marathon in 2008. All four of the songs on the EP appeared on their self-titled full length album.
In 2008, Black Seal released the music video for "Turn me off", which was directed by Sean Desmond.
Reception
Audrye Sessions received mixed reviews among critics. Reviews from Aversion were not favorable, saying the EP was "marginally boring and certainly (an) unsavory sector of modern-day indie rock", and that the band provided better music live than recorded. However, it has been called an instant pleasure, and overall "more good than bad".Track listing
- Information of tracklisting.
Personnel
- Alicia Marie Campbell bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Ryan Karazija vocals/guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Michael Knox guitar
- James Leste drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....