“When you first hear Haylie Davis’ music, it’s easy to think you’ve stumbled across a lost 1973 album found in a dusty record bin…A cross between Emmylou Harris and the cult psychedelic folk singer Linda Perhacs, with melodies that beam through like Laurel Canyon sunshine.” – ROLLING STONE (“THE FUTURE 25”) “One of California’s brightest apparitions…A beautiful diorama that tries to contain the many divergent thread of folk, all bound by her soaring voice.” - SHINDIG! (****) “Charming echoes of effortlessly cool 70s folk.” – AMERICANA UK “Lush folk-tinged pop that’s comfortable in its own bittersweet sighs.” – RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Haylie Davis has shared her latest single, “Horns of Time,” available now via Fire Records. The plaintive cosmic country reverie heralds Davis’s eagerly awaited coming-of-age debut album, Wandering Star, arriving digitally and on Classic Black Vinyl, Limited Orange Vinyl (Rough Trade Exclusive), and CD on Friday, June 5. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. “I’ve been going to a woman’s gathering in Northern California since I was a young kid,” says Haylie Davis. “There’s a woman there who goes by ‘Stargazer Lee’ and she holds group stargazing out in the field at night where she teaches astrology and astronomy. She’s truly a genius in her storytelling and knowledge of the cosmos. One thing she taught us is that when you hold your fingers in a ‘rock on’ form against the sky, the distance in between your pointer finger and pinky accounts for about an hour of time on earth and it can help you tell how long it will take for a star to set below the horizon. This measure is called ‘Horns of Time’ because your fingers look like little horns and they keep time. But I think it stuck with me because it also points to how tiny we really are under all those stars.” LISTEN TO “HORNS OF TIME” PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE WANDERING STAR Recently named to Rolling Stone’s influential “The Future 25,” Haylie Davis has been hailed for “honoring the classics and chasing her dreams to make music full of radiant Laurel Canyon spirit.” Brimming with infectious hooks, soaring choruses, and enduring storylines that tug at the heartstrings, Wandering Star sees Davis looking at her life thus – the wins, the losses, the people she has met, and the places she has been. The album includes such singles as the luminous, piano-led title track, “Wandering Star,” the critically acclaimed “Young Man,” the heartfelt ballad, “Country Boy,” and the gorgeous slice of plush melancholia, “Golden Age,” all joined by evocative official music videos streaming now at YouTube. An introspective lament for misplaced affection propelled by echoey, yearning steel guitar and Davis’s flawless vocal delivery, “Young Man” earned immediate praise from such outlets as ColoRising, which wrote, “‘Young Man’ finds Haylie Davis in a space of tenderness and understanding yet self-protecting. Using lush melodies as ear candy, there is a spaciousness to the production that allows for the vocalist to fly.” Meanwhile, “Golden Age” was met by applause from such publications as Raven Sings The Blues, which praised “Davis’ ability to drape her songs in the soft-focus melancholy of the ‘70s,” adding, “She’s hinted at visions through the amber glass and shag of the decade before, but always tempered it a bit with a folk austerity. For ‘Golden Age,’ Davis fully embraces the widescreen approach of classic production, and it feels good on her.” | 
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