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AMELIA CELEBRATES RELEASE OF LONG-AWAITED THIRD FULL-LENGTH “A LONG, LOVELY LIST OF REPAIRS” APRIL 19TH AT ALADDIN THEATER

To celebrate the release of their long-awaited, third full-length, “A Long, Lovely List of Repairs” (Adrenaline Music Group/Alternative Distribution Alliance), Portland, Oregon’s Amelia - Teisha Helgerson (vocals/drums), Jesse Emerson (bass) and Scott Weddle (guitar/vocals) – will be throwing a CD release party on April 19th at Aladdin Theater. $12 Advance, $15 door, other bands TBD.

“A Long, Lovely List of Repairs” follows in the footsteps of their previous two full-lengths: 2003's "Somewhere Left to Fall" (Slow Down), 2004's "After All" (Slow Down), and 2005's live album "Por Avion" (Slow Down), while also expanding on the band’s mesmerizing brand of rustic pop, Americana, and heartbreaking rock.

It’s fitting that “A Long, Lovely List of Repairs” arrives alongside the promise of spring, especially after a desperate, damaging winter in Portland.

Amelia has always had one foot in the season of despair and the other in the land of hope. It is precisely that balance of sadness and strength that makes this new album so curious, compelling and bittersweet...<more>

Spanish lyrics fill the opener “Enemigo,” possibly to throw off the impatient, but anyone can hear the juxtaposition between the sprite, almost playful tone of the tune and the title subject — a hostile enemy.

Vocalist Teisha Helgerson’s smoky, sultry voice becomes a whisper for the following “Farewell,” a gently rolling and nearly aloof song that takes on a menacing tone just as she muses, “Why do I feel so wonderful?” Maybe it is because Amelia is able to find the beauty in what others consider bleak. Sweet sadness and celebratory sorrow informs every lovely move this record makes.

The gentle “After You,” swaying and sliding along to the sound of metal brushes on a snare drum, dives straight into such heartfelt contradictions, citing knowledge that shifts within a breath and fiction that is truth.

Though Amelia now largely exists as a three-piece, “A Long, Lovely List of Repairs” is fully fleshed-out with aching violins, piano, Wurlitzer, clarinet and all manner of unexpected sounds right on down to those of a Coke bottle.  Producer and string arranger Mark Orton (Tin Hat Trio) artfully orchestrates the diverse and often otherworldly instrumentation with consistently understated results...<more>

“Dolores” walks along with a gate that is simultaneously heavy and delicate, taking time out to twirl and dance with marked glee before continuing forward with a sense of purpose both remorseful and somehow carefree. In the end she, and her song, quietly fade gracefully from view, never revealing her true disposition.

Dripping desert guitar tones calmly wind their way through “Eyesore,” a riveting, desolate slice of soothing sonics that somehow slides out of reach just as it has finally shown itself

The album’s poetic title comes near its close, on “Needlework,” a song that masks its complexity with cinematic restraint and somehow ends up sounding like a cautionary tale told by a grandmother as she steadily rocks herself, unafraid, from the world of living into that which is unknown.

For Amelia, there is strength in vulnerability, joy to be found in tragedy and stunning beauty in what is broken and seemingly in need of repair.

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