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Title: Trilobite
Release date: 25 November, 2006
Record label: Self-released
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Singer Mark Ray Lewis, whose smoker's rasp is frequently contrasted by the angelic voice of Michelle Collins, presents a truly amazing collection of dark, pastoral tunes with brilliant poetic verse. Trilobite's melancholic tone is reinforced with all-real instrumentation, much of which is quite old -- a 70-year-old pump organ, an equally as old piano, banjos, mandolin, and pedal steel. For its debut, Trilobite chose to record at home on inexpensive equipment. The result is the heartbreaking work of a staggering genius, a term originally coined by Dave Eggers, who wrote the introduction to Lewis's O. Henry Award-winning short fiction story. Trilobite's self-titled debut couples Lewis's literary genius with breathtaking musical talent. The result is a timeless folk masterpiece that won't soon be forgotten. All tracks clean.
Biography
Songwriter Mark Ray Lewis comes from a long line of irrepressible music-makers. His father was a country preacher who could pick out any melody on the piano by ear. His mom possessed a singing voice that could almost break glass and a theatrical style. She often performed in church and in 1977 she made an album and 8-track recording.
Early on Mark decided to become a writer and was accepted as a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. In 2002, he was awarded an O. Henry award, with an introduction written by Dave Eggers, and in 2003 a Pushcart Prize, following a nomination from Joyce Carol Oates.
In the summer of 2005, Trilobite was formed in the warm primordial soup that is the music community of Albuquerque, New Mexico. All instruments on the recording are real, including a sharply-pitched pump organ that Mark’s grandfather bought in the 1930’s, and a thriftstore piano of a similar vintage. The recording was done at home, on inexpensive equipment.
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