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Odyssey

by Emily Mure

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1.
memories of you travel like the moon and come out at night and what bright a light are thoughts of you before slumber how quiet the city when you take a breath that take me town to town without ever leaving your side the moon and its travelers the croon and its feeders the pair of glasses you leave by the bed before the meeting of sunlight and star are my names are my answers if not you what you mean and pass on to the making of all happiness and seldom can I ever forget the way the light was when you first traveled into my memory like the moon
2.
Had I been stronger, would you have known would you have known me in more honorable ways? Instead of dully in pictures of who for a moment I tried my best to be. Had it been later and done not-so-urgently could we have met more properly? So I could fondly think of you even after we’ve parted ways. If we were wiser and not so insecure could we have gotten to know each other more? If I was not so worried ‘bout what you thought of me I wouldn’t have taken things you said so personally. If I was water, then you, my friend, were snow. I would freeze in seasons that you’d come and go. But it wasn’t even me. No, it wasn’t even me. I get my rhythm back when the sun’s aglow and I feel better ‘bout which way my tide will go.
3.
Odyssey 04:38
Do you like car rides in the rain with the windows down and the wind singing where Spanish moss hangs like lace across the arms of trees I wrote you a song I try not to sing it opens a door I have trouble closing but you stopped your car and walked out into the rain and I felt my senses opening And you were what I never knew I was always looking for there are holes in the floor of your Odyssey and I’ve never felt so happy To our right, our whole country to our left, the endless ocean Magdyn Osh and Phil sing songs of traveling as we live them Out here we have all day and all the “shoulds” that once polluted our brains dissipate into the moisture of the leaves that came after the rain And you were what I never knew I was always looking for there are holes in the floor of your Odyssey and I’ve never felt so happy and free as I did in your Odyssey
4.
Mexico 03:56
5.
I moved my bed today, all by myself see I don’t need stronger hands, mine are strong enough. I pulled myself up from the ground see I can do that all by myself now. Well people come and go but I will always be here as long as I will.. be here. And can you see me through your foggy spectacles? ‘cause I suspect that you’ll run once they clear. You’ll see that I’m not perfect not here or anywhere. Well let’s just get that straight and see where we can go from there. I moved my house today, up a steep hill I bought a dolly and the Dalai Lama wished me well. But he said I was neglecting the affections of others “Well, Mr. Dalai Lama, they neglected me first! And can you see me through your foggy spectacles? ‘cause I suspect that you’ll run once they clear.” Well I burned a Tea Kettle, I burned it really good. It was the electric kind, it had rubber on the bottom but I put it on the burner, cause I didn’t see the difference. It was my electric mind that somehow got distracted. I moved my bed today, all by myself it felt pretty good but I think next time I might ask for help. You see that I’m not perfect not here or anywhere. Well I’ll just get that straight and see where I can go.. no! we’ll just get that straight and see where we can go from there.
6.
Sally 04:38
Once you were falling fast asleep your darling became his reverie Dark as the night he went away your promise to never need Holding to darkness, she swears that there is no one who’d stay by her side Dressed in black she walks this life waiting for winter to call her wife Sally won’t you come with me I will find you a man that will set you free Sally won’t you come with me I will find you a man that will set you free One broken light was all it took one glance, close the book Dark as the night he went away her promise to never love again Sally won’t you come with me I will find you a man that will set you free Sally won’t you come with me I will find you a man that will set you free She could’ve saved you could’ve saved you She could’ve melted your own cold heart
7.
i wish i could tell the little girl i was it will all, it will all be ok no you're not alone and this will be over you just got to get through the day no i don't know how i am here singing it surprises me all of the time and no i don't hate you, sometimes i wish i did but i am so tired of lying oh no i won't betray the promise i made to my mother that i'll be ok i used to pretend that i would confront you and you would admit your mistakes but how do you forgive someone who's not sorry and knows not the heart that they break so i took to the blade and i took to the bottle and i took to the worst guys around and though i'm ashamed i'm all out of blame and i know you love me somehow oh no i won't betray the promise i made no no no oh i am so sorry that i ever let you down i was so broken i never thought that you would stick around and though i wish i could tell her i think she knows that even in darkness there's always something that grows oh no i won't betray the promise i made to my mother that i'll be ok
8.
Joanne 6 04:11
i died for a while and arose again and a rose blooming in a field wild and free with the wind proclaiming her name and the air her breath itself between the blades of grass i envelope and turn between my own bed sheets that made my stomach hurt when i wore no shirt to sleep it was the water that made them grow and become women it was our sleep and dreams and the fight we would die to keep it was our sleep and dreams and the fight we would die to keep the one who killed me has no access into my world Joanne was kissed with dew and she awoke tangled in her own to see the something she always knew would come to wait patient and die trying made her colors brighter than any rose
9.
This Place 04:52
these are the things of summer that I can’t disguise the way that it pulls at me with its breeze from the inside it reminds me of past summers whose memory enters my mind like the solace of my most vibrant truth brings me back to a place I long to be again though I know it won’t be the same as it was then in this place I found a true home in this place I won’t be alone it doesn’t beckon me back it does not wait for my return but for one brief summer something ended and something was born now memories are flawed and evoked spontaneously I see the spark in my lover’s eyes and I smell the fireplace A place for lovers and a place for people running away A place for dreamers and not-quite-adults reclaiming their days A place for passion and the things we never knew Where laughter is to the bone and tears are for the things we have to lose (we have so much to lose) in this place I found a true home in this place I won’t be alone
10.
Unfettered 05:20
Before I can trust, I can love so easily and true like a soft breeze just passing through I know I must seem distant or possibly aloof Oh, the art of self protection and do I deserve you? Well I meant to say in person or in a letter I meant to let you know my heart’s for you unfettered But drink I quickly and drown in my routine Oh it covers me like a blanket there’s no risk of being seen But all day long I wonder if you might feel the same if you think of me at dinner or while you’re riding on the train Well I meant to say in person or in a letter I meant to let you know my heart’s for you unfettered And perhaps at some point I will muster the strength to say I feel you are a part of me like my hand, my poem, my name I meant to say in person or in a letter I meant to let you know my heart’s for you unfettered

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"New York-based songstress Emily Mure delivers her self-released, self-produced and self-assured sophomore full-length Odyssey on July 30, an album of unpretentious, straight-and-true songwriting that draws from contemporary folk, acoustic country and intimate chamber pop. Apart from one cover, a lovely, mini-orchestrated version of Cake's "Mexico" (featuring Emily DiAngelo on oboe and Elizabeth Means on cello), Odyssey features nine original songs all written and performed with a minimum of extraneous decoration and Mure's distinctive, sandy-textured vocals. One of our favorites is "Joanne 6," a softly-strummed song that reminds us of Nick Drake's sublime simplicity, string-backed arrangements and ethereal atmospherics."
-Direct Current Music

"One part jazzy vocal, one part classical arrangement, one part folk songwriter equate to ALL parts really fantastic music. Emily Mure is a New York based songwriter releasing her sophomore effort “Odyssey” at the end of July. Classically trained musically, but self taught as a songwriter, she is able to appreciate what a lot of musicians are not, and that is a delicate balance (which is strongly displayed in the instrument arrangement and warm, poignant harmonies throughout the record). Emily has something, I am not sure what “it” is, but she has got IT.
The sample track “Unfettered” is my first dive into Emily’s music and I am immediately in love (which is saying a lot because I am very picky about my favorite female musicians). There are just enough moving parts to make the song’s character shine, but it’s not overcrowded. A steady acoustic guitar, a nice flowing rhythm section, and some tasteful, distant guitar lines is all that is really needed to back Mure’s light but soulful airy vocal. And the harmonies lended by songwriter Michaela Anne perfectly complement the chorus with it’s catchy hook and infectious melody:
"I meant to say in person, or in a letter / I meant to let you know my heart's for you unfettered."
Check her out online, buy the new record, and support a really great artist."
-Red Line Roots Music

credits

released July 30, 2013

Odyssey
Release July 30th 2013

All songs written and arranged by Emily Mure
Except track 4 “Mexico” by John McCrea/Stamen Music/BMI

Produced by Emily Mure
Co-produced, recorded and mixed by Brandon Wilde at Studio 76, Brooklyn, NY
Additional recording of lead guitar and pedal steel by Thomas Bryan Eaton in his home studio
Mastered by Ed Littman, North Haledon, NJ

Emily Mure: lead vocals on all tracks, backing vocals on track 8 & 9,
acoustic guitar on all tracks, piano and glockenspiel on track 3

Elizabeth Means: cello on tracks 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Emily DiAngelo: oboe on tracks 4 & 5, english horn on track 6
Thomas Bryan Eaton: lead acoustic guitar on track 2, lead electric guitar on track 10, pedal steel on track 3
Adam Moss: fiddle and backing vocals on track 10
Michaela Anne: backing vocals on tracks 2 & 10
Aaron Shafer-Haiss: drums & percussion on tracks 2, 5, 6 , 9 & 10
Dan Tyner-Bryan: bass on tracks 2, 5, 6 & 10

Album design by Christian Butte
Photography by Rob Grien, Mont Vert Studio and Joseph R. Cisneros

For lyrics and a detailed account of credits and thank yous go to
www.emilymure.com

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Over the course of three acclaimed albums, Emily Mure has cracked the Top 10 on the Folk DJ Charts, showcased at the International Folk Alliance conference, toured internationally, and seen her music featured on NBC, ABC, and PBS. She will be releasing a string of singles over the summer from her upcoming release, Sad Songs and Waltzes, a six-track EP of reimagined acoustic cover songs. ... more

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