Search - Gayle Day :: Freedom Paradise

1. coasting
2. hotel room
3. audrey smile
4. won't apologize
5. put up with me
6. feel what i feel
7. falling
8. alone
9. don't wanna be like u
10. tragic
11. freedom paradise
Transition and resolution. Both themes run
consistently like a red thread through the 11 songs
that make up Gayle Day's new release "Freedom
Paradise".

As things kick off with "Coasting", the verse starts
out a bit weary and noncommittal: "I've been searching
from place to place..." The verse leads down toward a
harder, darker transition; then the chorus breaks out,
modulating up in key, and Gayle's voice double-times
the lyrics almost frantically, outrunning the
tambourine and creamy backgrounds: "I'm floating up
above the sky, above the mist and I'm hoping there's
got to be a better place than this..."

The perfect summer pop tune, but there's something
more complex lurking below the innocence.

This is an apt introduction to Gayle Day, who just
happens to look as if she were born to play the role
of a pop star. The six-foot tall chanteuse takes the
stage with her Gibson jumbo, and no one in the room
looks away. Model-looks aside, her down-to-earth
demeanor and self-depreciating wit disarm the
audience; her pure vocal delivery eases the impact of
some decidedly grown-up lyrics.

Hailing from London, Gayle followed a different
trajectory than the typical singer/songwriter. Her dad
was a guitarist, signed to Decca in the sixties. So
when Gayle exhibited musical leanings, she decided to
learn piano, guitar, and even completed a tough
sound-engineering course, all in an effort to gain
self-sufficiency.