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Lyla Foy Mirrors the Sky Limited Vinyl LP
Overview:
· Sometimes the best course of action is to find your path and stay focused, which is the approach that shaped Lyla Foys debut album, Mirrors The Sky. Everything changed for the 25-year-old London songwriter one day in early 2012, when she cancelled her evening plans to work on music at home. After years of collaborations, she decided to go it alone, and that night produced the gorgeously stripped-down No Secrets, which she eventually shared with the world under the moniker WALL. When I first started writing for the project, I wanted everything to be really focused on the melodies, but also really simple and minimal, says Foy. Just using a lot of bass, and simple drum patterns. I wanted to try something new, and that one song felt like the beginning of something.
· The reaction to No Secrets confirmed Foys suspicion that shed stumbled onto something pretty special. The track led to an appearance on British web-series Black Cab Sessions, and the Black Cab folks formed a label to release WALLs debut single, Magazine.
The English accolades poured in via glowing reviews and radio spins – BBC Radios Steve Lamacq went so far as to call Magazine his favourite song of the year – and by the end of 2012 Pitchfork was giving her props for her haunting cover of Karen Daltons Something on Your Mind, and spotlighting the title track from 2013s Shoestring EP.
· Foy has now decided to come out from behind her WALL and adorn Mirrors The Sky with her given name. Shes still in the same musical mindset that produced No Secrets and she still plays with the guys – Oli Deakin (bass, keyboards), Andy Goodall (drums), and Dan Bell (guitar, keyboards) – who helped bring WALLs songs to the stage.
· For a project that began as a single song in a London bedroom, Lyla Foys hypnotically hushed songs have come quite a long way over the past two years, figuratively and literally, as her worldwide deal with Sub Pop will find her spending quality time supporting Mirrors The Sky around the globe.
Featured Tracks:
1. Honeymoon
2. I Only
3. Impossible
4. Rumour
5. Easy
6. No Secrets
7. Only Human
8. Feather Tongue
9. Someday
10. Warning
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