so, i think it’s easy to say that when i listen to ash reiter’s music, i think sunny days. she’s got this really lovely voice that’s a cross between throaty and sweet which, no matter what she sings about, comes across as just plain happy.

a music teacher, this singer-songwriter is actually part of a band that goes by her name. comprised of five members, the group is at work on a full length album, hola, that will be out this spring.

check out the adorable paper diamonds, off of ash’s first daytrotter session:

give me love oh give me love
give me love oh give me love
give me love like paper diamonds
poor boy take this mud and shine it
cuz i’ve seen stars cut down to sparks
and i have watched the angels tear the world apart
oh tear the world apart, tear the world apart
oh you hide your gleam so well but i see light form the cracks in your mud made shell
oh your mud made shell
give me love oh give me love
give me love oh give me love
they all say why you stand so tall why you hold your head so high and you act like you know it all well they don’t know at all, they don’t know at all
so spray you down with a garden hose we’ll wash away the mud then they will see you glow oh they will see you glow
oh you hide your gleam so well but I see light form the cracks in your mud made shell
oh your mud made shell
jealous seeds grow in jealous hearts their roots spread wide and they tear the world apart oh they tear the world apart
give me love oh give me love
give me love oh give me love
give me love like paper diamonds
poor boy take this mud and shine it
cuz i’ve seen stars cut down to sparks
and i have watched the angels tear the world apart
oh tear the world apart, tear the world apart

(mp3) paper diamonds by ash reiter

check out the video below:

want to see ash reiter live? here are some upcoming dates (including sxsw performances):

go HERE to download for free ash’s first daytrotter session, including paper diamonds. then go HERE for the one she recorded last year, including the totes adorbs song little sandy. then go HERE to stream two songs off of hola.