For Immediate Release
November 18, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO’S INTROSPECTIVE DREAM POP SONGSTRESS FRANCESCA LEE REVERBERATES A SOUL CONNECTION ON NEW ALBUM THE PIECES LEFT

Currently Available at CDBABY.COM
Available on Amazon and iTunes Dec. 2010
CD Release Party January 23rd, 2010

San Francisco, CA – San Francisco songstress Francesca Lee is readying her new
release, The Pieces Left (available on iTunes and Amazon Dec. 2010) on Modo Rama
Music. Confiding narratives and striking melodies illustrate the songs of Francesca Lee.
Layered and lustrous, the music on her new full-length release, The Pieces Left radiates from an organic center colored by electronic shadings and beats. As sonic light breaks through the opaque mist of a dense soundscape, the sound mirrors the drama of her locale: San Francisco, home to generations of visionaries.

Her second solo disc reverberates a soul connection with wistful questions and celebratory moments that inhabit her songs.

The daughter of a Polish mother and a Japanese-born Korean father, Francesca grew up between the Bay Area and Texas. She graduated from high school in Alameda, California where she says she “kept to myself and wrote songs.” Her dream was to live in England. Accepted into the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) the college founded by Sir Paul McCartney, Francesca raised tuition money with street performances and personal fundraisers. “Doing that set my foundation for what I do now – organizing and promoting music. I knew I could make it happen if I really wanted it,” she notes.

In addition to crafting the recordings, Francesca has been headlining with her band The New Believers at high profile NoCal venues like Yoshi’s, Café Du Nord and her home base, Hotel Utah. Selected for inclusion for the KFOG Local Scene 6 CD, Francesca was featured in a live broadcast and interview from San Jose on the station’s Morning Show to celebrate the station’s Local Music Month where she was greeted by a line of fans familiar with her song “Maybe Today” from its regular radio rotation. Additionally, she was featured in a live performance and an on camera interview on KOFYTV 20 Cable 13 in San Francisco and selected as an artist for “Born To Play Live Acoustic” for Gap, Inc., when the retail giant hosted live music in 700 stores nationwide. Attracting cross-cultural audiences is her trademark: the mix of acoustic roots and electronic edges that she titles “Introspective Dream Pop” resonates to a wide spectrum of listeners including artsy indie kids and fans of serious songwriting.

The Pieces Left was produced, recorded, and mixed by SF record producer Michael Winger (Beth Waters, Regina Spektor, Alanis Morrisette),and contains plenty of Lee’s signature sultry vocals, lush pop arrangements and dense soundscapes, along with her studio and live collaboration outfit, The New Believers: Jeff Johnson on Guitar, Jake Wood on Drums (Diego’s Umbrella, Super Adventure Club), and Michael Winger(Super Adventure Club, Dayroom.)