Lisa Marie Presley’s First Album in Five Years, Storm and Grace, Scheduled for Release on May 15, 2012
March 15 2012 - 10:49AM
Business Wire
On May 15, Lisa Marie Presley will release Storm and
Grace – her first album in five years and her Universal
Republic/XIX Recordings debut. Presley is managed by Simon
Fuller, CEO and Founder of XIX Entertainment. The album was
produced by 12-time GRAMMY® winner T Bone Burnett and recorded at
The Village in Los Angeles. See below for track listing.
Lisa Marie Presley (Photo: Business
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Storm and Grace is a marked departure from the hard-edged
sound of Presley’s earlier albums – 2003’s RIAA
Gold-certified To Whom It May Concern and 2005’s Now What, both of
which debuted in the Top 10 of The Billboard 200. The organic
instrumentation of Storm and Grace reflects her Southern
roots, from the ominous, swampy vibe of lead single “You Ain’t
Seen Nothin’ Yet” and “Sticks And Stones” to “Soften
The Blows” and the achingly beautiful title track, which evoke
the ease of an impromptu back porch jam session.
Presley’s smoldering alto is hypnotic in the rootsy
opener “Over Me” as she reflects on being replaced in a
lover’s affections. While Storm and Grace offers an
unflinching examination of life and love – beginning with her own
shortcomings on “Un-Break” – there is a tender, consoling
thread that runs throughout, pointing towards peace and
reconciliation. “Weary” may concern a relationship that
didn’t work out, but it is suffused with a genuine warmth, as
Presley sings: “I will always love you/you can move on,
dear.”
“Just over two years ago, I went to England to attempt to write
another record after finding myself in a considerably disheartened
and uninspired state creatively. Over an eight-month period, I
wrote 30 songs. I was fortunate to be able to write with some
incredible artists and singers such as Richard Hawley (from Pulp),
Ed Harcourt, Sacha Skarbek and Fran Healy (from Travis), to name a
few,” recalls Lisa Marie Presley. “Nothing was planned or
contrived in any way and out of it came a very organic record that
was always inside of me and that I am incredibly proud of. It was a
dream come true and such an honor when T Bone liked the songs and
produced and played on the record.”
“When songs from Lisa Marie Presley showed up at my door, I was
curious. I wondered what the daughter of an American revolutionary
music artist had to say. What I heard was honest, raw, unaffected
and soulful. I thought her father would be proud of her. The more I
listened to the songs, the deeper an artist I found her to be.
Listening beyond the media static, Lisa Marie Presley is a
Southern American folk music artist of great value,” says T
Bone Burnett.
“Her rich, smoky vocals evoke Sheryl Crow and occasionally bear
traces of Courtney Love’s ragged disaffection,” said Entertainment
Weekly of Presley’s debut album, To Whom It May Concern,
while the Los Angeles Times called the lead single, “Lights Out,”
“one of the most hauntingly personal songs” of the year.
AllMusic.com praised Now What as “genuine…due largely to her
willingness to lay herself bare in her music and lyrics.” While it
may differ sonically, Storm and Grace is equally revealing.
The track listing is as follows:
Track Listing – Storm and
Grace
1. Over Me2. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet3. Weary4. Close To The
Edge5. So Long6. Un-Break7. Soften The Blows8. Storm Of Nails9. How
Do You Fly This Plane?10. Sticks And Stones11. Storm and Grace
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