ZEE AVI - GHOSTBIRD (LP)

Zee Avi Ghostbird on LP

For 25 year-old Malaysian singer/songwriter Zee Avi, "Swell Window" is the gorgeous track that started the journey and also the opening track of her second album, Ghostbird. It's a song about seizing the moment," Avi explains, "and for me, a new direction and a new voice came and stayed." Avi started writing Ghostbird in her Brooklyn kitchen in the summer of 2010, but followed the wind to the balmy waters of the Florida Everglades where she found endless musings, "with absolute silence and calmness."

In March, she took her fresh batch of tunes to Johnson's Solar Powered Plastic Plant studios and got down to business with producer Mario Caldato, Jr., best known for his work with the Beastie Boys and beloved Brazilian artists like Bebel Gilberto. It only took two weeks for them to lay down the 11 tracks on Ghostbird (it means "Burung Hantu" which means owl in Avi's native language), including the closing number on the album, "Stay In The Clouds," a new addition that was written on the last day of recording.

Zee Avi Ghostbird Track Listing:

1.  Swell Window
2.  Anchor
3.  31 Days
4.  Milestone Moon
5.  Siboh Kitak Nangis
6.  The Book Of Morris Johnson
7.  Madness
8.  Bag Of Gold
9.  Concrete Wall
10. Roll Your Head In The Sun
11. Stay In The Clouds