Album Notes

Ben Taylor’s new 6 song EP: “Deeper Than Gravity” stands like Ben Taylor himself; 6 heads above the rest. You can see it come up over the horizon as it plays through your speakers like sun over the morning trees.

While EP releases are typically no more than glorified compilations for devoted fans, “Deeper Than Gravity” is a decided departure from the rest. In it, Ben steps from behind the tall shadows of parents James Taylor and Carly Simon a full-grown musician, bare footed and firmly strapped into a rusted stringed guitar.

“The songs are pretty stripped down,” admits Taylor “We recorded them on the fly.” Somewhere between midnights on tour buses, in smoke filled hotel rooms, near microphones and microbrews Ben and Co. fitted said songs onto tape and they became “Deeper Than Gravity.”

‘Nothing I Can Do and ‘Digest’ are songs from Taylor's acclaimed release Another Run Around The Sun. A version of Macy Gray's ‘I Try’ is filled with a bluesy, late-night broken string vibe. Merideth Sheldon joins Taylor on Portishead's ‘Glory Box,’ to add a husky flange femfetal effect on the folk-i-fied trip hop song. ‘Lady Magic,’ presents an intense and yet casual sound, complete with shoebox percussion. In the classic ‘You Belong To Me,’ previously recorded by such luminaries as Patsy Cline, Tori Amos and Sam Cooke, Ben’s interpretation accentuates the longing and hopelessness of the lyric. In it are hints at Ben Taylor’s heritage.

"The truth is," says Ben, "The songs I write really are similar to my dad's.” which is no surprise seeing as he grew up playing his fathers music on guitar..” and he was the songwriter who influenced me the most on the musical side. It was my mom taught me how to write lyrics." He glows with a pride about his parents which seems to have little to do with their celebrity.

Deeper Than Gravity demonstrates Taylor’s ability to write insightful lyrics, sing with a depth of emotion and soulfulness that's reminiscent of the early recordings of his father and to translate classics into new emotional languages never before visited by musical notes.