{"id":11354,"date":"2019-03-25T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T15:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=11354"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:19:45","slug":"ep-review-dana-lee-dana-lee-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2019\/03\/25\/ep-review-dana-lee-dana-lee-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Review :: Dana Lee :: Dana Lee EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>by Derek Loewen  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee.jpg?fit=525%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/danalee-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Singer-songwriter Dana Lee\u2019s 2017 self-titled release is a welcoming yet reflective set of songs ranging from sweet and syrupy pop threads to heartache and longing. Calling herself \u201cLippy, Hippy,\u201d Lee isn\u2019t beating around the bush on her first release as her opening track \u201cLet\u2019s Dance\u201d reveals. Her sensual lyrics mixed with stellar, syncopated drumming and upbeat whistling is the epitome of a summer\u2019s day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Having toured Western Canada extensively with Richard Inman including gigs at Manitoba\u2019s hit festival <em>Harvest Moon, <\/em>her skills as a live musician have already been boasted. In a <em>Stylus<\/em> review by Ryan Haughey in April, 2018 he describes Lee\u2019s live sound as \u201cfloating bass lines and picked jazz guitar chords\u201d. The sound is well translated in the studio on the rhythmic \u201cDancing His Paradise\u201d and includes some lighthearted, loving lyrics that will produce a true response from the listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\t<em>EP <\/em>has a lucid flow with a tone that changes drastically around the midway point with \u201cMedal Pedal Pony\u201d. Lee opens the track with dark sounding guitar chords and chilling, longing opening lines like \u201cthese cracking concretes and construction workers wouldn&#8217;t miss a thing, like me.\u201d Her moodiness and sincerity resonates on \u201cNight Away\u201d with repeated words \u201cbring me the night away baby\u201d lingering behind pensive strumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tThe album closes with \u201cIn Between\u201d, a song about love and loss. The stellar vocals remind the listener of Winnipeg folk giants <em>Sweet Alibi<\/em>. The track hits a similar nerve as a song for cruising down the highway, the singer all the time asking a distant former lover \u201cwhat drove you away?\u201d The slide guitar sounds straight out of a Tom Petty or Joe Walsh song but with an eerie distance. It\u2019s a testament to the great recording techniques used in the making of Dana Lee\u2019s <em>EP<\/em>, an ambitious first record that is already building anticipation for her next musical output.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reccomended if you like CKUW\u2019s <em>Barking Dog (Thurs. 2pm-3:30pm) <\/em>and <em>Twang Trust (Wed. 6pm-8pm)<\/em> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Derek Loewen Singer-songwriter Dana Lee\u2019s 2017 self-titled release is a welcoming yet reflective set of songs ranging from sweet and syrupy pop threads to heartache and longing. Calling herself \u201cLippy, Hippy,\u201d Lee isn\u2019t beating around the bush on her first release as her opening track \u201cLet\u2019s Dance\u201d reveals. 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