New Maria Taylor

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Apparently, Maria Taylor likes to release things under the radar - or I just don't pay enough attention to her. Last year, the Savannah Drive EP nearly got past me and now, she's released news of her upcoming album and two songs from it, and I had to find out about it through a random 45-second video promo that showed up in my Last.fm recommendations. But at least I found out somehow, right? And I'm only a few days late so it's not that bad. And now I've made sure to sign up for Maria's mailing list so that hopefully I don't miss anything else.

Anyway, the new single may be familiar to some. It's called "Time Lapse Lifeline" and an acoustic version of it was featured on the above-mentioned EP (need it for comparison?) and I instantly fell in love; I definitely think it's one of Maria's best songs ever. The shiny brand new album version took a couple listens to grow on me but now I'm starting to love it as well. It's a lot more upbeat and therefore gets stuck in your head even more easily than the Savannah Drive version. I also love the (synthetic, I'm guessing) addition of strings. And Maria's voice, gah, it's just so beautiful - especially when she gets all intense during the "You were dead as the leaves/Now you're new like the springtime" part; I hope she sings like that more on this album because sometimes I feel like she sounds too timid and quiet. So basically, yeah, it's really good and you can download it for free here! I don't use iTunes but I guess it's also available on there along with another song called "Orchids" which is currently streaming on her myspace as well. It's slower and more sparse and not quite as good but it's still very pretty and also, Andy LeMaster on backing vocals <3 <3 <3. Anyway, the album is called LadyLuck and I don't think an official release date has been announced yet, but I've heard March. Exciting!