Maisy Owen – Dark on a Sunny Day

“Drawing on the moody intimacy of Nick Drake, the folk finesse of Bert Jansch, and the hazy dream-pop glow of Mazzy Star, she’s carving out a sound all her own.” – KCRW “A finger style that is beautiful, sparse and dark around the edges; the lyrics have a bit of David Berman’s attention to detail, and the vocals recall early Sharon Van Etten and classic Tristen.” – Nashville Scene Maisy Owen, a Nashville native, has been surrounded by music and the art of songcraft just about all her life. First came the viola at age nine, then guitar where she embraced fingerpicking, soaking in influences from Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Mazzy Star and David Olney. Raised in a musical family, her father Gwil Owen is an Academy Award-nominated songwriter. Maisy’s unique sound, musical truth and stirring vocals inhabit Dark On A Sunny Day, her debut album, produced by Robin Eaton (known for his work with Jill Sobule and co-writer of “I Kissed a Girl”) Drawn to melancholic melodies and dark poetic imagery, her first single “My Youth Is All For You” was released as a 7″ and gave Maisy a chance to explore her visual side / love for abandoned houses with an accompanying video. Her second single, “On My Way Down” was recently featured as KCRW’s “Today’s Top Tune.” Often spotted around Nashville playing bars or cruising around in her beloved pickup, Maisy is that special talent in a city awash with singer-songwriters. While folks thus far seem to have different takes on who she might sound like (for us, it’s some of our favorites ; Vashti Bunyan, Anne Briggs, Tia Blake…), pinning that down is a fool’s errand. She is Maisy . . . a singular talent, and one worth watching. It seems we’re not alone in this thinking . . . “An original voice with no modernist cliches in her singing or songwriting. Well done!”- Joe Boyd

Format – CD & LP