Azure Ray release new Sparklehorse collaboration - see two videos

Azure Ray release new Sparklehorse collaboration.
Free track premiered today at Paste.
Two new live videos from Azure Ray's fall tour available now.
New tour dates for UK, Europe, Japan, and Korea.


Azure Ray has released a new 2 songs single, Silverlake, which presents a non-album track from the sessions that became 2010's Drawing Down the Moon, Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor's first recordings together as Azure Ray in years. The first round of recording was done with Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) prior to him passing away.


The girls recall the session and time with Linkous fondly. ''We were very fortunate to record this song with Mark. It was the first time we worked together and the first song Azure Ray wrote after our six year hiatus, so everything about the song is dear to us.''


The two-song single includes ''Silverlake'' and ''Silverlake (demo),'' and is available via iTunes and the Saddle Creek Online Store. The demo version of the track was recorded with Linkous and Scott Minor in Knoxville, TN. ''Silverlake'' is a re-recording of that session, with some original tracks and some new, that the band did with Eric Bachmann at Echo Mountain Studios.


Paste premiered the A-side of the single earlier today. Here is a link to their feature:
( http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/free_mp3/2011/01/mp3-premiere-azure-rays-silverlake.html )



Two videos from last fall's US tour are now available here:
''Don't Leave My Mind''
Make Your Hear


And finally, the band is set to embark on a tour next week that will take them to the UK, Europe, Japan, and Korea. Full dates are below.


Azure Ray - Winter 2011
Wed-Feb-02, London, UK, Borderline
Thu-Feb-03, Manchester, UK, Ruby Lounge
Fri-Feb-04, Glasgow, UK, King Tuts
Sun-Feb-06, Amsterdam, NL, Paradiso (afternoon show)
Sun-Feb-06, Utrecht, NL, db's
Mon-Feb-07, Leuven, BE, STUK
Tue-Feb-08, Leffingen, NL, De Zwerver
Wed-Feb-09, Hamburg, DE, Gruenspan
Thu-Feb-10, Malmo, SE, Debaser
Fri-Feb-11, Gothenburg, SE, Pusterviksbaren
Sat-Feb-12, Oslo, NO, Bla
Mon-Feb-14, Berlin, DE, Comet
Tue-Feb-15, Leipzig, DE, Schaubuhne Lindenfels
Wed-Feb-16, Cologne, DE, Gebaude 9
Thu-Feb-17, Munster, DE, Gleis 22
Fri-Feb-18, Erlangen, DE, E-Werk
Sat-Feb-19, Frankfurt, DE, Mousonturm
Sun-Feb-20, Munich, DE, Ampere
Mon-Feb-21, Vienna, AT, Chelsea
Wed-Feb-23, St. Gallen, CH, Grabenhalle
Thu-Feb-24, Zurich, CH, Papiersaal
Fri-Feb-25, Rome, IT, Circolo degil Artisti
Sat-Feb-26, Cavriago, IT, Calamita
Sun-Feb-27, Pisa, IT, Caracol
Sat-Mar-19, Tokyo, JP, O-NEST
Sun-Mar-20, Matsumoto, JP, Gunjyo
Tue-Mar-22, Kyoto, JP, UrBANGUILD
Wed-Mar-23, Nagoya, JP, Tokuzo
Thu-Mar-24, Tokyo, JP, Haretara Sorani Mame Mite
Sat-Mar-26, Seoul, KR, EHWA 100th Memorial Hall
3/19 with Kinoshita & Todaka (from Art-School)
3/20, 23 with Shiraoka
3/22 with Youcan

Find out more about Azure Ray and other great bands at Saddle Creek Records