From: sounni.ali@gmail.com   
      
   Pop singer-songwriter and recording artist Nat Jay is thrilled to announce the   
   release of the first single, "Sleep," off her forthcoming album. Released   
   independently, the single will be available on streaming platforms worldwide   
   on Friday, September 20.    
   It will be the first taste of what’s to come on her second full-length   
   album, out later this Fall. Her first full-length, All I Think When I Wake Up,   
   was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards   
   in 2015 and named in the    
   Top 10 Pop Albums of the Year on PopDose.   
      
   Recorded with award-winning European pop producer Ovidiu "Ovi" Bistriceanu,   
   "Sleep" shows Nat Jay has shifted from girl-with-guitar pop to a more   
   commercial electropop sensibility, though still featuring the artist’s   
   signature hook-friendly melodies    
   and thoughtful lyrics.   
      
   With Ovi’s ghostly and impeccable track underneath, Nat Jay’s topline   
   writing skills shine through on "Sleep," with their rhythmic proficiency and   
   vibrant lyrical imagery. "I originally wrote this song for Ovi, who suffers   
   from insomnia due to a    
   medical condition," explains Jay. "One day he described to me how he feels   
   like he lives in two different worlds: one in the daytime, where he has his   
   normal family life and works on music at his studio, and one where it's just   
   him against the night,    
   where he is so tired and tries everything to fall asleep, but sleep doesn't   
   come. After hearing the ‘sleepy’ bell sounds Ovi was playing with at the   
   beginning of the track, I decided to try and create that nighttime world he   
   had described."   
      
   Since writing the song, Nat Jay—who suffers from her own health issues that   
   greatly affect her sleep—recognizes that the meaning of "Sleep" has morphed   
   into a bigger picture for her on how difficult it is to live with a physical   
   illness, a mental    
   illness, or a disability, to find an escape from it, and to try and reconcile   
   this part of ourselves with the ambitions of our everyday lives.   
      
   Since the release of her first demos in 2007, Nat Jay has amassed over 30   
   placements in film and TV on networks around the world. She has also shared   
   the stage with Juno Award winners Dan Mangan and Sebell, as well as Matthew   
   Barber, Oh Susannah, Justin    
   Rutledge, Jay Brannan, and Angus & Julia Stone. She has been a featured   
   songwriter at the Vancouver Folk Festival, a nominee for SOCAN Songwriter of   
   the Year at the BCCMAs, and a guest on CBC’s "Canada Live."   
      
   Listen to it here: https://bnd.lc/sleep   
   Website: http://www.natjay.com/home   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)