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Missy
Roback’s debut CD, Just
Like Breathing, features her haunting
vocals and spare songwriting over psychedelic
alt-country arrangements. From the droning
slide mantra of Take It Back
to the mournful elegy Sleep
with the Mermaid, Just Like
Breathing is “a startling collection
of rainy-day ballads, mournful tales of
emotional disconnection, and songs of graceful
fragility” (Pop Culture Press).
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“Quite
simply
a knock-out.
Missy possesses
a rare vocal gift.”
— Magnet
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Just Like Breathing was produced by internationally
acclaimed songwriter and producer Steven
Roback, whose previous band, the Rain
Parade, was part of LA’s Paisley
Underground and a major force in the American
alternative music scene. Steven also contributed
his melodic bass lines and delicate keyboard textures
to the CD. Tim
Mooney of legendary San Francisco band
American Music Club mixed the
album, and lent his percussion and engineering
talents to the project. Also featured is the impeccable
guitar interplay of Leigh Gregory (of San Francisco’s
chamber rockers Mellow Drunk) and Grant Miller
(of the ambient duo Mandible Chatter).
Steven’s
atmospheric but understated production perfectly
frames Missy’s vocals, which have been likened
to Aimee Mann, Emmylou Harris and
Sandy Denny. Just Like Breathing speaks
volumes in its minimalism. Intelligent, well-crafted
and emotionally resonant, it’s an album
that stays with you long after the last song has
played.
“A
haunting, beautifully lasting and,
at times, stunning piece of work.”
— Not Lame
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