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Nihilism EP

by Shilpa Ray

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Carlos
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Carlos Shilpa Ray can make a sense of longing and melancholia seem so dreamy and beautiful. "Shoot this Dying Horse" is haunting and melodically wonderful. Favorite track: Shoot This Dying Horse.
jessehd
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jessehd You sit in a cheap apartment while your dreams are dictated by the noises moving outside. The sunset breathes, and sings some damn haunting thing into your heart. Let it stir until you're coming apart and then "fuck it"- get back into the street where it really breathes. Pick up love, dust it off, and put your heart somewhere where it might make a fucking difference. You're not just some fingerprint. You're listening to Shilpa Ray. Favorite track: Shoot This Dying Horse.
C.S. Nicholson
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C.S. Nicholson One of the best lyricists to emerge in recent years. Nobody writes a melancholy, misanthropic ballad like Ray these days. Favorite track: Shoot This Dying Horse.
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The ‘Nihilism’ EP comes hot on the heels of 2017’s critically acclaimed LP ‘Door Girl.’ Inspired by and written after binge watching the Grateful Dead documentary series Long Strange Trip, her original song “Shoot This Dying Horse” is a rainy day waltz about how bad things can happen to anyone, at any time in the most random and meaningless ways. More specifically, it’s about getting dumped at a bar two days before Christmas. No horses were harmed during the writing and recording of this track.

Additionally, Shilpa decided to cover Alice Cooper’s “Is It My Body” after spinning a lot of Cooper in the tour van while on tour in support of 'Door Girl.' She explains, “When I paid closer attention to the lyrics, I realized if sung by a woman this song could be a feminist anthem. Who knew Alice Cooper wrote feminist anthems?”

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released May 16, 2018

"Shoot This Dying Horse" written by Shilpa Ray 2018
"Is It My Body" written by Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith + Glen Buxton 1971

Music performed by

Shilpa Ray
Vocals, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Farfisa

Alistair Paxton
Guitar

Turner Stough
Bass

Richard Hutchins
Drums, Percussion

Christian Lee Buss
Backing vocals, Farfisa, Synth

Engineered by Jeff Berner at Studio G
Assistant Engineer - Alexis Berthelot
Mastered by Alex DeTurk at Strange Weather

Artwork by Russell Hymowitz

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Shilpa Ray Brooklyn, New York

Nobody grows up wanting to be an artist’s artist. Appreciated by the sub sect of the sub sect is like being the beauty queen at the leper colony.

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