Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee offers up a voice for the new generation of the Tori Amos and Fiona Apple formula-"the girl and her piano," with her own unique sound. Her exhilarating, self-released debut album, Beyond The Frame, is a lyrically, emotionally, and musically intense body of work comprised of thrusting, piano-driven melodies, delicate ballads, and stimulating lyrics riddled with harsh reality-this singer-songwriter strikes a nerve with her personal life experiences.
This 12-track collection of songs has an immediate impact starting with "CASUALTY"; a song of sonic grandeur and undertones of how bruising and deceptive religion can be. It then whisks into "MORPHINE", which has an infectious melody and drives the listener into various sonic planes on its engaging journey. The album then enters into a solemn cry for love- the stripped down piano and voice track "JUST LOVE ME". From this point, Beyond The Frame continues its musical and thematic diversity on songs covering rejection, (the soft balladry of "DISTANCE" and the ever feisty "POPULAR"), rape ("LIQUID ICE"), suicide ("CLEAN UP"), and the powerful, retaliatory anthem on the subject of humanizing women ("COCK POLLUTION"); however, just when you think you've reached the darkest moment, a faint beacon of light at the end of the tunnel takes you to a more peaceful place-ending the album with a soft, intimate glimpse into discovering a lost love ("WHOLE"). Beyond The Frame reaches in and makes you care about the artist.If you are at all in tune with yourself, you will enjoy this ride.Lee's voice delivers solid emotion-it's like the month of March, it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Beyond The Frame is a true story of a girl with a sensitive heart in a not so sensitive world.
"This album is about stripping away boundaries. Breaking away from society's conscious and unconscious impositions and listening to the real voice inside. I had to get my message out. I lived in a closed off world for so long, afraid of being who I was, and ultimately afraid of my own thoughts-because my thoughts went against the grain of what society teaches us. Making Beyond The Frame was liberating for me. Playing the piano the way I want to, and singing about life the way I see and feel it is the most beautiful gift I have ever given myself, and I want to share it with the world. I want to give back and help others find their own truth's so they can recognize and validate their own way of thinking-whatever shape or form, past events, or weirdo personality quirks that gracefully possess them."
Jennifer wrote, composed, produced, sang and played the piano on Beyond The Frame. The basic instrumentation (piano, drums, and bass) was recorded and mixed at Studio Litho, Seattle, WA. She recorded all of her vocal and midi tracks at her home studio in San Diego, CA. The album was mastered at The Lodge, NYC. Impressionist Records is her own label.
