Album Notes

Debora Iyall is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Romeo Void, a San Francisco band that mined the sexy veins of new wave music. Iyall is a fearless performer, a good time party girl one moment, a woman bravely baring the most intimate details of her soul the next. “Singing Until Sunrise” features a new take on Romeo Void’s “A Girl in Trouble (is a temporary thing)”, which is also set to be the first single.

The newly recorded version of “A Girl In Trouble (is a temporary thing)” takes off with an engagingly upbeat feel and lands on a new third verse. “I’ve expanded my message of encouragement from across my added years of life experience.” Debora explains. Other tracks include live band versions of "Wait Out The Storm" and "99"; both compositions were released last year on an album of new material recorded titled “Stay Strong”. “Letting Go” is dedicated to respected live sound engineer Louie Beeson (Nick Cave, X and Chris Isaac) that turns out to be a surprising and heartening electronica collaboration with Romeo Void bassist Frank Zincavage.

The excellent live band on “Singing Until Sunrise” includes: Stev Ohanis on guitar, Dakota Iyall on keyboards, David Wenger on bass, Robert Tucker on drums and Debora Iyall on vocals. The “Singing Until Sunrise” cover has a decidedly painterly look with Debora’s original monotype landscapes used as both front and back cover art. The artwork reflects the mood shifts from one side of the EP to another. The decision to make a colored vinyl release “comes from the wishes and hopes of a lot of fans” Debora explains. “My desire is to put out a truly quality recording that can be appreciated not only my new musical output but also for my original artwork.” Iyall is currently a part-time art teacher at a rural continuation school near Sacramento.

The recording session was done with her new live band composed of talented and energetic Bay Area musicians that Debora assembled in early 2011 and was produced by renowned engineer and producer Francis Buckley. It was engineered and mastered by her husband, Patrick Haight who is best known for his extensive work with Burger Records, a label out of Fullerton, CA. It was her energized performances with her new band playing clubs and concerts around the Bay Area and Sacramento in support of her 2010 cd album release, “Stay Strong” on her own Dottie Records which brought her into the studio for the new EP “Singing Until Sunrise.”