New Maria Taylor this Spring

Maria Taylor, half of the amazing duo that was Azure Ray, has announced the release of her third solo album for this Spring. She has recently parted ways with her record label, Saddle Creek, and teamed up with Canadian record label Nettwerk. The album is entitled "LadyLuck" and should hit stores on April 7th.

According to her MySpace page, the new album is diverse, inspired by the end of a relationship, and finds a good balance between the melancholy and the inspiring. Nettwerk has pre-released two songs from the forthcoming album, "Time Lapse Lifetime" and "Orchids", and made them available on iTunes. From what I've heard, it has a lot of promise and sounds very much like some of her best solo work to date.

• Time Lapse Lifetime