Treya Lam Shares Single MAGIC From Upcoming Album Out 6/8

Kaki King is excited to introduce Treya Lam, the first artist signing to Kaki's own label,Short Stuff Records. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, Treya's debut album, Good News, was produced by Kaki (who also plays multiple instruments throughout the album), and recorded with an array of talented female musicians, most notably Catherine Popper (Ryan Adams, Jack White, Norah Jones) on upright bass, and mixer Erin Tonkon (David Bowie, Esperanza Spalding). Mastered by Sarah Register,Good News is an instant classic, full of the kind of songwriting and raw talent that has never gone out of style, as well as a message of love, longing. Because as Treya says, "It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

Intrigued listeners can now get the first preview of Good News via Guitar World: the standout "Magic," streaming now, incorporates the slide guitar, ukulele, and even the mbira to create a curious, spacious sonic atmosphere, perfectly fitting lyrics Treya wrote as a gift for close friends who had just become parents (The mother, Megan Faye, even plays violin and ukulele on this recording!).

"In 2012 one of my closest friends had just given birth to a child," Treya explains. "The couple met on a flight to Hawaii after having spent some time in Africa and I had hoped to allude to this by incorporating the mbira, ukulele and slide guitar. The chorus was written the week that the Sandy Hook shooting took place. Beyond the unspeakable loss of 20 children and 6 adults, I was horrified by the idea that the surviving children in that community would lose their childhoods...This is not a song about a perfect world but rather one that aims to encourages listeners of all ages to look for, hold onto and create as much magic as we can."

GOOD NEWS Tracklist:
1. Sapphire Skies
2. Magic
3. 6s and 7s
4. End of the Road
5. Go and Grow
6. Peace of Mine
7. Nothing
8. To the Sun
9. Still Here
10. Other Side
11. Wildhearts

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