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Boston, MA February 25th, 2013 – Kim Mayo, a conservatory-trained vocalist with an affinity for lush orchestration, tender melodies, and surreal lyrics, has quietly side-stepped onto the internet with the unveiling of her debut single, “long slow love’s hum.”
Mayo’s delicately crafted song is a perfect amalgamation of her diverse influences, drawing upon elements of folk, pop, jazz, and chamber music. The result is a soaring representation of her love of language and her skill for weaving her thoughtful melodies between sublimely constructed arrangements that defy easy categorization.
“Writing songs and arrangements is kind of like playing with Legos for me,” said the 23-year-old recent graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. “Once I get going, and forms begin to appear on the page, or computer in my case, I move them around, add to them, take them apart, until something I like appears”
Mayo met her many bandmates (Evan Allen, piano; Jesse Heasly, bass; Anthony Ambroso, guitar and vocals; Connor Baker, drums; Michael Prentky, Trombone; Stephanie Wieseler, Flute; Tara Mueller, Violin; Jack Finucane, Tenor Saxophone; Jake Baldwin, Flugelhorn) while at the Conservatory. The ten of them recorded five of Mayo’s songs live at The Record Company in one afternoon this past December.
You can stream and download “long slow love’s hum” from www.soundcloud.com/kimmayo, and look out for the release of her next single in April of 2013.