WOW the vocal work here is simply amazing.

Pree's unique and lyrically driven experimental imaginings serve up a rare and colorful cocktail of style and substance within an irresistible pop realm.

“Two Feet Shy,” the first single released off their follow-up, RIMA, demands more attention than anything they’ve put out before it.”
 —BRIGHTEST YOUNG THINGS 

After returning to DC following several months of touring in 2011 & 2012, the members of Pree took time to reorient themselves, and with the sudden halt of motion came reexamination of the self and of relationships.

The songs in RIMA (which takes its name from geologic fissures on the Moon) are a series of confrontations--perceptions enhanced and at times distorted by the narrator's own fractured understanding of others.  They are sent off as an outpouring of letters, often born out of the perilous self-trap of expectation whose imposing jaws, once set upon others, are only capable of ensnaring disappointment and heartbreak.  They reveal truths at the price of a harsh light, exposing wide expanses between people who have spent time enough apart to approach each other with an air of near-scientific objectivity.  Other expanses, more narrow and still tender, can take the form of defensive trenches or a reason to raise one's voice to a figure not yet out of reach.  Whether the gaps have taken a lifetime to develop or appear abruptly and perhaps as a form of self-infliction, the letters in Rima remain unanswered, prompting the sender to draw her own conclusions.  The album is a study in these divergences of personal relationships and how the narrator copes with their implications as she seeks to define herself and determine what to leave behind, and what is worth hanging onto.

Pree is:
May Tabol • main vocals, electric, and keys 
Michael Zepeda • lead electric
Ben Schurr • bass and vocals
Ben Usie • drums and vocals

New album RIMA coming February 2015 on Paper Garden Records

Press Assets: http://papergardenrecords.com/artists/pree/ 




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Pree - Two Feet Shy

Piecing together a new album, thinking back to the times we spent on the road, we wanted to share this cover of one of our tour van's most-played artists: Nina Simone.

"Why Keep on Breaking My Heart" was written by Bennie Benjamin & Sol Marcus and performed by Nina Simone on the album "Wild Is The Wind."

This cover was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Secret Cities: Marie Parker, Charlie Gokey, and Alex Abnos

Photo taken after an 18-hour drive by Alex Abnos at Helms Deep in Bloomington, IN.

Why Keep On Breaking My Heart (Nina Simone)

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