ISMAY

🎸🎸 BEHIND THE ALBUM 🎸🎸 ISMAY ~ "DESERT PAVEMENT" Singer / storyteller Ismay will release their sophomore album "Desert Pavement" tomorrow, January 26th !!!! (11pm/ct) "Desert Pavement" is a tapestry of alternative American roots music, full of alt-country textures and woozy folk songs that transcend traditions and blur boundaries. The album is a collection of American roots songs, full of folky textures and alt-country stylings that invokes a variety of traditional and contemporary sounds. It was recorded in Asheville, NC at Echo Mountain Recording with producer Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) ISMAY is Avery Hellman, a Bay Area native who creates rich, atmospheric songs that are heavily influenced by the California ranch where they worked in their 20s. Hellman grew up attending Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the music festival launched by their grandfather, Warren Hellman, and incorporated the melting pot of sounds that is California into their being. "Desert Pavement" evokes the landscapes of rural land and days of yore. "Desert Pavement" follows ISMAY’s critically acclaimed 2020 debut "Songs of Sonoma Mountain" and continues their lyrical exploration of life spent on the land. Listening to "Desert Pavement" is a vivid (and often visual) experience, with songs that evoke the landscapes and lifestyles of rural California. With "Desert Pavement", ISMAY paves a path toward a new horizon, filling the journey with songs about the sights, sounds, and singular characters found way out west. Says Ismay, "I create music that's informed by older traditions and makes you feel the way old folk music does," they say, "but it doesn't sound like something you've heard before." They stopped by to share more about the album. Plus an beautiful, exclusive performance that will have you hitting that pre-save link asap! 🎧: ismaymusic.com/music #ismay #BehindTheAlbum #NewMusicAlert #MeetTheArtist