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Stacy Kray is singer-songwriter
from San Francisco. Her second album, My
Last Eye, was released in April 2007. In August 2007,
the track "Someday"
was released on KFOG's Local Scene 4 CD.
http://www.kfog.com/music/local_scene/default.asp
Money from the CD goes
to support Music In Schools, a Bay Area charity supporting
music for kids. www.mustcreate.org As part of
KFOG's Local Scene month, Stacy will be performing live
on the KFOG Morning Show at the Little Fox Theatre in
Redwood City on Friday, August 17th.
My Last Eye features Stacy's
original songs, vocals and guitars, with Jon
Evans (Tori Amos) on bass, Todd Roper (Cake, Deathray)
on drums, Yair Evnine
(Spencer Day, Rain of Frogs) on lead guitar and cello,
and Grammy-nominated
producer and songwriter Bonnie Hayes on keyboards.
The songs on My Last Eye are
a continuation of the musical journey Stacy began with
Broken Symmetry, her first record. "Every song
is strong, with vocals, musicianship and lyrics that
feel perfectly balanced, yet have plenty of character.
. . The songs are catchy, yet the lyrics tell stories
via colorful metaphors that stop short of clever and
often take a few listens to fully grasp. Think Dar Williams
without the folk, Ani Difranco without the anger, or
Tori Amos only less elfin creature from another planet."
(Performer Magazine).
Though the songwriting on My
Last Eye continues lyrically in same vein as Broken
Symmetry, sonically, My Last Eye has a harder edge than
the first record, drawing on the energy of the talented
musicians who join Stacy on the record. The mood is
up front and insistent. Driving tunes like Hot &
Cold, Tonight and The One, The Only form the backbone
of the record, but quieter songs (like Call Out The
Cavalry and So Low) offer contrast and release.
From a production standpoint, My Last Eye, represents
a radical departure from the solitary home recordings
that formed the basis of Broken Symmetry. For My Last
Eye, Stacy entered the production studio for the first
time, working with engineer and mixer Mikael Johnston
(Mikael Johnston (Smashmouth, the Sounds, Jane's Addiction)
who recorded at Diggitydope Studios, a brand new state-of-the-art
recording space in Hayward, California. The record was
mastered by Emily Lazar and Sarah Register (David Bowie,
Garbage, Natalie Merchant).
Stacy's work also appears on
a compilation album she produced. They Traded The World,
a song about the events of September 11, garnered a
West Coast Songwriter's Association award, and inspired
Stacy to organize The Canvas Remembers September 11,
a benefit concert and CD sponsored and underwitten by
Discmakers and CD Baby. The CD includes 14 songs from
Bay Area and L.A. songwriters inspired by the events
of September 11. All proceeds from CD sales are donated
to two charities bringing music therapy and education
to children in New York City.
Stacy's musical influences are
a tangled bunch, but include: Beck, The Pretenders,
Elvis Costello, Portishead, Badly Drawn Boy, Beth Orton,
Andrew Bird, Blondie, Jeff Buckley, Sam Phillips, Cake,
The Cardigans, Cat Power, The Eels, G. Love & Special
Sauce, P.J. Harvey, Elliot Smith, Iron & Wine, Sondre
Lerche, Luscious Jackson, M. Ward, Aimee Mann, Tori
Amos, Fiona Apple, Garbage, Morcheeba, Alanis Morrissette,
The Violent Femmes, Liz Phair, Sam Phillips, The Police,
The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Shivaree, Radiohead,
Michelle Shocked, Elliot Smith, Soul Coughing, Steppenwolf,
Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Laura Viers, Suzanne Vega,
XTC, The Rolling Stones . . . and on, and on, and on
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