Shannon Lay, the lead guitarist from the punk band Feels, released her solo album Living Water. The record is also the inaugural record for Kevin Morby’s new imprint, Mare Records, which will be a part of Woodsist.
Morby said of Shannon, “The first time I saw Shannon my heart was broken into a million pieces. I had known her from her wonderful punk band Feels as the lead guitarist who shouted back up, but I wasn’t sure what to expect from her performing solo. But there she was – at a small bar in Los Angeles to maybe 15 people watching while she sat in a chair with an electric guitar on her knee, orange hair covering her face and a picture of Bart Simpson projected behind her. She began her set and my heart stopped the moment her voice leaped into the air – and I did what I do in those rare situations – I recorded it.”
It was at this same performance that Morby asked Shannon to let him record her album.
Living Water Track List:
1. Home
2. Living Water
3. Orange Tree
4. Caterpillar
5. Always Room
6. Dog Fiddle
7. The Search For Gold
8. The Moons Detriment
9. Recording 15
10. Give it up
11. Asa
12. Come Together
13. Coast
14. Sis
TOUR DATES:
4/29 – Boulder Creek, CA – DIO Fest
05/06 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
05/08 – Vancouver, BC -The Fox Cabaret
05/09 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
05/10 – Arcata, OR – The Miniplex
05/13 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
05/15 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
05/16 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
05/31 – 06/ 03 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Music Festival
06/28 – San Francisco, CA – Brick and Mortar
06/29 – Reno, NV – Holland Project
07/01 – Phoenix, AZ– Rebel Lounge
07/02 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
07/04 – Dallas, TX – Transit Bicycle Company
07/05 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
07/06 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
07/07 – Oxford, MS – Larry’s
07/09 – Atlanta, GA – The End
07/10 – Asheville, NC – Mothlight
07/11 – Washington, DC – Jammin Java
07/13 – Brooklyn, NY – Market Hotel
07/15 – Montreal, QC – La Vitrola
07/16 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
07/17 – Detroit, MI– PJ’s Lager House
07/18– Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
07/19 – Minneapolis, MN – Mortimers
07/20 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
07/21 – Denver, CO – Lost Lake.
07/23 – El Paso, TX – Monarch
07/24 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
07/25 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
By Antonio Villasenor-Baca