Gatsby from Ladybug by Elizabeth Devlin
The Ladybug EP, released in Winter of 2011, was a precursor to Devlin's second full-length album, For Whom the Angels Named in Spring 2011 and a follow-up to her debut full-length, All Are Relative, released in winter of 2008.
The Ladybug 7" vinyl was released as part of Fireside Follies #3 at Brooklyn Fire Proof, NY on December 18th 2010, along with a live-action animated video for the EP title track, Ladybug , a collaboration between Devlin and NY based animator Preston Spurlock.
The event received a write-up in Bushwick Daily where, Senior Editor and Founder, Katarina Hybenova wrote...
"When Eric Nelson and Mike Lala, the curators, introduced Elizabeth Devlin, a singer and an autoharp angelic tunes player, I felt a little bit like I was taken back in time to San Francisco in the 1950s, I swear I nearly stood up from my chair and yelled: 'Yeah, guys, let’s do it; let’s merge the arts together; let’s get rid of the concept of the forms of art and let’s get mutually inspired.'"
The Ladybug EP vinyl includes three songs: Phoenix, Ladybug, Ancient Voices on a limited vinyl pressing of 500, in a White & Gold Foil Jacket, signed and numbered by artist, and also comes with the digital download.
The digital download includes the entire album with one additional bonus track: Phoenix, Ladybug, Ancient Voices, and Gatsby (bonus track).
Tracklist
| 4. | Gatsby | 3:37 |
Lyrics
waving land locked love stands with a red flag in hand beckoning fervently with a frown despite this daunting haste cork floats in red wine waste lethargy graciously lets hearts drown from this moment in lungs encompass the sin fallen fools fossilize on sea floors pleading emphatically lest love will grant mercy white sea shell teeth lay lost on lover’s shores
momma i’m comin home never more to roam alone I know where you’ve been
orpheum’s bridge abounds with cacophonous sound pistol whipped puncture winds curl your face eyeballs they might expire sanity she may tire but entranced you stare to glimpse her grace kid beware of such leaps it’s the distance that keeps gumdrop cities are built for the fool magnified you may find the one who’s kept your time loses luster a rough with no jewel
momma i’m comin home never more to roam alone I know where you’ve been
Credits
Elizabeth Devlin: Vocals, Autoharp, Percussion, Electric Pump Organ
Produced by Elizabeth Devlin
Engineered/Mixed by Daniel Sanint, FLUX Studio NYC
Mastered by Paul Gold, Salt Mastering
Illustration: Robert Shumworld.deviantart.com
(c)Elizabeth Devlin ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
License
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Elizabeth Devlin, with her haunting combination of lilting voice and enchanting Autoharp, is a self-produced NYC singer-songwriter. Devlin defies traditional musical structure with many of her songs, building miniature narratives and magical worlds where characters, fantasies and time collide.
Devlin has toured nationally, internationally, & performs in venues throughout NYC's 5 boroughs.