AP Track Review:
Alice Limoges' vast pop affair Yellowstone sounds like something between a 50's vagabond ballad to a mid 70's chamber pop / mellow rock song. The sort of honky tonk / jazz hybrid slapping keys, ambling walking bass and Limoges wonderful low vocal register flashed images from the American Songbook, of Hope and Crosby vivid Technicolor smiles, of New York Polaroid cast city scape's circa 71. When the background vocals "mmmmm" I am smiling and floating. The urban cast words with deeply double sided lyrics made me think of Paul Simon a bit and other tones of Carole King. Amazing and utterly surprising. I am musically smitten and eager to hear more from Alice.
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Robb Donker
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM- PRESS NOTES:
New York, NY-
Alice Limoges, is ready to explore new territory in her latest single, “Yellowstone.” The release is her first new track to stream in 2019, since her debut music video, “Hungry for a Vice,” last year. Limoges’s rollicking new refrain is the result of her finding peace along a five-day trip through the Indian Himalayan Mountains.
“Yellowstone” opens with a powerful piano riff that drives the song along like a group of good friends on a road tripping adventure. A distorted, descending guitar line falls in place as Alice sings out lyrics illustrating her total abandonment of “city lights,” exchanging them for stars that will “light up the dark.” In reference to modern attachment to technology. She says, “I’ve begun to love my chains,” but “won’t let my chains be my life.”
Preview “Yellowstone”
The tune carries a sense of urgency in detaching from technological leases that dictate our lives in this age. Limoges empowers listeners to “lose yourself” and join her on a journey of unplugging and reconnecting with nature. “Let’s go to Yellowstone, and let’s go tonight!” she belts out.
“You feel like [Facebook and Instagram] is the only way to connect with people, but the most important thing is to get out into the world and be in a place where nothing is inhibiting your humanness.” -Alice Limoges
Artist Bio-
Originally from Maine, Alice Limoges has built a following in New York and throughout the Northeast over the past couple years. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has performed at festivals and venues including The Campfire Festival, Columbia University, Bard College, The Bowery Electric and The Cutting Room (where “Hungry for a Vice” was filmed).
Lemonade Magazine said, “the Maine-native carves out a special sub-genre of jazz that takes soul and jazz and modernizes it with a hint of indie rock that matches her soulful vocals.”
Alice’s sound combines a variety of instrumental arrangements, centering on her vocals, piano and guitar as main instruments. Her style has been described as “Indie Jazz Rock” and is the result of her fuzing together a broad taste of artistic influences.
Born and raised where the mountains meet the sea in coastal Maine, Alice Limoges was singing before she could walk. After studying a mix of jazz, classical, production, and contemporary music at SUNY Purchase’s Music Conservatory, she met her jazz trained bandmates David Millen, Sean Power, and Martine Wade and became a seasoned musician with a personal flair. With a voice reminiscent of a young Fiona Apple, Alice posses a powerful, strong voice with the heart and soul of a classic folk troubadour.
Alice has played extensively around the East Coast. Her most recent shows include festivals (Make Music Harlem, NYC; Keene Music Festival, Keene, NH; The Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA; Belfast Free Range Festival, Belfast, ME), colleges (Columbia University, Hamilton College, Bard College, Western New England University, Landmark College, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Purchase), and other legendary venues such as The Cutting Room (NYC), Arlene's Grocery(NYC), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), Club Passim (Boston), and Cafe Nine (New Haven) as well as intimate gigs with Sofar Sounds.
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