Album Notes

"Indie, soul, noisy, delicate, melodic pop that evokes My Bloody Valentine, Nick Drake and Cocteau Twins."
Toronto Now

"Spray, formerly of Monkey to the Monster and the Godlings, delivers vocals that are fierce and flawless enough to rival PJ Harvey for the title of Most Ladylike Singer with a Loaded Gun at the Miss Emo-verse pageant of the underworld.
Formed by songwriter Spray in 2002, QBJ is full of heavy, guitar-based sounds and melodic, emotional tunes. It's a deluge of musical mystery that makes you wonder if Spray is a land Siren or just half spacewoman sent by her people to educate all of poser Portland who think rain and coffee qualify as a band's sole influence...
QueenBee Jackson just might be the band to resurrect the art of listening in Puddletown."
Willamette Week

"Queenbee Jackson funnels shoegazer sounds through a filter of thick pathos and passion."
The Oregonian

"With swirling guitars and breathy vocals, QueenBee Jackson veers between My Bloody Valentine and The Cocteau Twins for a distinct space odyssey all its own. Hilary Spray crafts delicate, effervescent melodies that flutter and swoon."
Willamette Week

"QueenBee Jackson you fucking rock. My heart breaks a little more every time I hear your voice. Your fingertips shoot sparks when you play that guitar. You are fragile and fierce."
Portland Mercury

"Hilary Spray's abilities as a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist are amazing. Her lyrics ring true in any walk of life."
Music Liberation Project

"PJ Harvey school of velvet-slippery lunar booze-rock."
Willamette Week

"Lovers Leave" is awash with sonic landscapes, oozing with mood. An eerie effect transposes when Spray's breathy vocals are layered atop a down-tempo, spartan backdrop. Cited influences like the haunting Jeff Buckley and shoe-gazer mainstays My Bloody Valentine abound in QBJ's music."
Three Imaginary Girls Music Webzine

"QueenBee Jackson is the brainchild of Hilary Spray, a smoky singer-songwriter who pulls her band into the depths of eight-minute, Pink Floydian rock-outs... You'll want to sway to and fro, see, and it could be hard to keep your balance."
Portland Mercury

QueenBee Jackson mixes up a dynamic elixer of ethereal intensity and raw power. As you listen, QBJ draws you into its mysterious realm, stirring up something inside. You are left with one question: Is this evoking a distant memory or a dream lost upon awakening?

QueenBee Jackson was formed by Portland songwriter Hilary Spray. Hilary had been performing for years in the indie art-rock band Monkey To The Monster, and The Godlings. Both Bands toured nationally and gained wide exposure before separately disassembling.
She has always had a knack for writing since a very young age, but has always kept her music a secret from those around her-until now. From the bowels of her psyche, Spray unleashes a torrent of musical mystery.

From "Far Away", a vicodin induced sea shanty about an outer space rapist with Jim Jones-ian motives, to "Lovebird", a maniacal account of a helpless bird shackled to it's fiercely possesive, love hungry owner, QueenBee Jackson paints a portrait of strange people and situations with an essence everyone can relate to. A feeling, a motivation, a place inside yourself you might not want to come in contact with. Not until you're in your own bed, under the covers, with the lights turned down.