November - Azure Ray

The 'November' E.P. was one of the final releases from Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink as Azure Ray before they moved on to solo careers, and it's six tracks of dreamy, soft music that mainly falters through being so quiet and subtle that it's easy to forget you're listening to anything at all. Based only on soft singing, occasional strumming acoustic guitar and soft, synthesised backdrop, this is highly atmospheric music but not particularly interesting to listen to all at once, being far more suited to select pickings; fortunately, at six songs it doesn't quite go into overkill. The sound is relatively samey throughout, which is a bit of a disappointment, with ...  Read the complete review