"Drumdrunk" by FLWRS + Maralisa off the Muddy Your Feet EP released June 26, 2013

download EP + album art at: eflwrs.bandcamp.com 

Drumdrunk - FLWRS + Maralisa

A bluesy clip from my senior recital at The New School on December 6, 2014. Dean Buck on tenor sax! 

Artwork by Elly Simmons.

Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) Live

'Raccoon'

Maralisa - vocals
Adam Bonomo - piano/toy piano/harmonium 
Chris Copland - drums/percussion 
Chris Jefferies - upright bass 
Alex Pyle - production/mixing
Donnie Spackman - mastering

Photo by Ivy Meissner
Artwork by Elly Simmons
Cover design/art direction by Max Schieble

The Sugarbird EP documents my upbringing and pays tribute to the vibrancy of my mother's artwork, whose influence swallowed me up and gave me a musical voice. It is also an experimentation of genre and vocal composition. The Sugarbird is a native species to South Africa. 

Raccoon

'Twice' written and composed by Little Dragon 
Arrangement by Maralisa Simmons-Cook

Maralisa - vocals
Adam Bonomo - piano
Mike Haldeman - electric guitar 
Alex Pyle - electric bass/synths/production/mixing
Donnie Spackman - mastering

Photo by Ivy Meissner
Artwork by Elly Simmons
Cover design/art direction by Max Schieble

The Sugarbird EP documents my upbringing and pays tribute to the vibrancy of my mother's artwork, whose influence swallowed me up and gave me a musical voice. It is also an experimentation of genre and vocal composition. The Sugarbird is a native species to South Africa. 

Twice

'Paint' is the first single off Maralisa's debut Sugarbird EP, and features Brooklyn emcee, SKRD. 

Maralisa - vocals 
SKRD - raps
Adam Bonomo - piano/synths
Chris Copland - drums/percussion
Gray Hall - electric guitar
Chris Jefferies - upright bass
Alex Pyle - production/mixing
Max Schieble - co-production  
Donnie Spackman - mastering

Photo by Ivy Meissner
Artwork by Elly Simmons
Cover design/art direction by Max Schieble

'Paint' written and composed by Maralisa Simmons-Cook 

The Sugarbird EP documents my upbringing and pays tribute to the vibrancy of my mother's artwork, whose influence swallowed me up and gave me a musical voice. It is also an experimentation of genre and vocal composition. The Sugarbird is a native species to South Africa. 

Paint (feat. SKRD)

Photo by Ivy Meissner
Artwork by Elly Simmons
Cover design/art direction by Max Schieble

The Sugarbird EP documents my upbringing and pays tribute to the vibrancy of my mother's artwork, whose influence swallowed me up and gave me a musical voice. It is also an experimentation of genre and vocal composition. The Sugarbird is a native species to South Africa. 

Candy Store Blues (Intro)

Maralisa is a Bay Area born, Los Angeles based singer, songwriter and front woman for psych-soul group Space Captain (Tru Thoughts Records)
Contact: maralisamusic@gmail.com

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