Maria Taylor Premieres Full Stream Of "In The Next Life" With NPR Music's First Listen

Maria Taylor

Premieres Full Stream Of In The Next Life

With NPR Music's First Listen, Here: https://goo.gl/LdPAv1

 

Upcoming Album In The Next Life Set To Release On December 9th

 

Watch "If Only" via Billboard, here: https://goo.gl/LdwQg9

 

Listen to "If Only" via Stereogum, here: https://goo.gl/tOvm5A

 

Featured on SPIN, here: https://goo.gl/L5jN1I

 

Listen to "Free Song" via Clash Magazine, here: https://goo.gl/WAOnif

 

"Her songs are craftily constructed, with lyrics equally committed to clarity and poetry...

She knows what she's doing..."

- A.V. Club

 

"Organic Southern-flavored folk pop."

- Pitchfork

 

Birmingham, AL - December 1, 2016 - Singer-songwriter Maria Taylor has teamed up with NPR Music's First Listen to exclusively premiere a full stream of her new album In The Next Life. Set to release on December 9th, In The Next Life is Maria's sixth solo effort and first release on her own label, Flower Moon Records. Listen to In The Next Life on NPR Music's First Listen, here: https://goo.gl/LdPAv1 . This week, Maria's single "If Only" was featured in the final scene of NBC's This Is Us (Episode 9)! Check out the episode here: https://goo.gl/CKLPnU.

 

Maria co-produced In The Next Life alongside Nik Freitas (Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band), which features guest vocals from Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Joshua Radin, Macey Taylor (Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Jenny Lewis, AA Bondy), Jake Bellows (Neva Dinova), Louis Schefano (Remy Zero, Suspicious Light), Morgan Nagler (Whispertown), and Tiffany Osborn. Andy LeMasterand Mike Bloom lent their creative chops as well, mixing several tracks on the album.

 

After putting out four full-length albums and two EPs as one half of Azure Ray (with co-vocalist Orenda Fink) and lending her voice, piano and drumming skills on numerous Bright Eyes records, Maria announced her solo career in 2005 - a change that would pave the way for five critically acclaimed albums and collaborations with renowned artists such as Jim Eno (Spoon), Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), Moby, Doug Easley(Cat Power, Pavement), David Barbe (Sugar, Drive-By Truckers, Son Volt) and Crooked Fingers. As a performer, Maria has shared the stage with Ben Lee, Josh Rouse, Joshua Radin, Jason Isbell, Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and more. Over the years, fans have heard her music on TV shows such as Unforgettable, Suburgatory, Private Practice, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Greek and One Tree Hill.

 

In The Next Life is set to release on December 9, 2016 via Flower Moon Records. For more information, please visit: mariataylormusic.com

 

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