''As Above, So Below'' is the seventh studio release by American duo

Azure Ray Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Formed in Athens, Georgia in 2001, they later moved to Omaha, Nebraska and became part of the Saddle Creek Records music scene, which also included ...

, consisting of

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and

Orenda Fink Orenda Fink is an American singer, musician, and writer. Perhaps best known as half of the duo Azure Ray, Fink is also a member of Art in Manila, O+S, Closeness, and High Up, and has played with or appeared as a guest on records by Bright Ey ...

. It was originally released on September 4, 2012, on Saddle Creek Records and features co-production by

Andy LeMaster Andy LeMaster is an American musician, songwriter, engineer, and producer from Athens, Georgia. Now It's Overhead is the primary project for his own songwriting, while he also releases music under his own name and contributes as a co-writer on ...

and Todd Fink (of The Faint). Following a 2-year hiatus after the release of Drawing Down the Moon, Fink and a pregnant Taylor entered the studio to record six news songs, with a more "hypnotic" "electronica" influence in collaboration with Andy LeMaster and Todd Fink. On July 17, 2012,

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premiered the "starry, shivering cut" “Scattered Like Leaves.” NPR premiered "Red Balloon" on August 9, 2012, calling the "long, slow summer swoon," "devastating melancholy." Rolling Stone premiered the full EP stream on August 28, 2012.

Track listing

# "Scattered Like Leaves" # "Red Balloon" # "Unannounced" # "To This Life" # "The Heart Has Its Reasons" # "We Could Wake"

Personnel

All songs written by Azure Ray. *

- production, engineer, mixing * Todd Fink - production, artwork * Jadon Ulrich - artwork * Daniel Farris - mastering * Ben Brodin - guitar sample on "Scattered Like Leaves"

References

2012 EPs Azure Ray albums Saddle Creek Records EPs Albums produced by Andy LeMaster {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub