PRESS RELEASE

Amy Speace – The Killer in Me

A Raw and Real Artist’s Portrait, New CD due April 2009, Wildflower Records

Wildflower Records will soon release the highly anticipated new album The Killer in Me by their featured artist, singer/songwriter Amy Speace. Thisraw and real new CD, slated for April 6, 2009, delves deep into the psyche of this complex and soulful artist. The Killer in Me is an achingly beautiful collection of 13 songs (with one hidden track) that takes the listener on an inner journey within Speace’s mind, heart and soul. In the words of the artist, “the songs are very personal, but also speak to the uncertainty and longing for hope.”

The Killer in Me was engineered by renowned producer/engineer/musician Mitch Easter and recorded at the Fidelitorium (Easter’s recording studio in Kernersville, NC) where he’s worked with R.E.M., Pavement, Suzanne Vega and others. The Killer in Me boasts a unique sound; it was recorded on analog tape lending it a ‘real’ and ‘lasting’ quality. Speace says she wanted her new album to sound “as live as possible” and “to capture the immediacy of how the band played together, tightly honed after all our touring, to make a record like the ones I loved that were recorded on tape, albums by The Band, Dylan, The Faces, and Neil Young.” Speace continues, “In mostly keeping the first or second take of each song the album captures something organic that I hope is both timely and timeless.”

Speace is joined by her longtime backing band, The Tearjerks, led by the album’s producer and lead guitarist James Mastro who has a long history of working with Easter, and here collaborates with him again on mixing The Killer in Me. Also featured are guest musicians ranging from rock icon Ian Hunter to up-and-coming folk singer, 17-year old Anthony DaCosta.

Speace’s The Killer in Me contains a bonus hidden track Weight of the World, a haunting song that tells of the heartbreak of losing a brother who was a soldier to war: "The weight of the world, too heavy to lift/So much to lose, so much to miss/It doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy/Should have to carry the weight of the world." Other tracks dig deeper into personal territory, such as This Love, where Speace sings that “this love is real” but also that “sometimes love is not enough/sometimes time is all you need.”

The Killer in Me is already winning over the critics; Amy Speace was selected as a finalist in the Folk/Singer Songwriter Category for the 2008 Independent Music Awards. She was also voted as one of “16 TO WATCH IN 2008" by WFUV radio NYC. The Killer in Me follows Speace’s widely-lauded previous album Songs for Bright Street (Wildflower Records,2006). In a review of that album, Barry Mazor of The Village Voice wrote, "The talented Ms. Speace is lately taking her Americana away from twangy contemplation toward tangy confrontation. Paste magazine has discovered her, and you should too... she’s well worth checking out." Speace recently had the honor of performing at Joe’s Pub’s 10^th Anniversary Gala (October 2008) with such artists as Shawn Colvin, Jimmy Webb, Mary Gauthier, and Judy Collins.

The Killer in Me is released on April 6, 2009 through Wildflower Records and distributed via ADA Global.

For more information visit www.amyspeace.com

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