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Hometown	Seattle, WA
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Connor Desai is an electroacoustic indie-pop singer-songstress based in Seattle. Her debut EP (released in 2007) was very well received and garnered several awards, one of which was inclusion on Indie Music Magazine's "Top 25 CDs of 2007" list. Many of...

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August 2009 Funk

January 2009 Funk/Groove & Soul Rock

June 2008 Folk

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Sexy vocal dances by Smother Magazine
Slowcore fanatics might be amazed with the deft ease that Connor Desai portrays a sound that’s somewhere lost between pop, indie folk, and vocal jazz. Sort of like if Norah Jones had never been discovered and was forced to record in her Brooklyn apartment. The album is awash in fiery lyrics that are delivered with sublime intentions. A sexy vocal dances above the fray of stripped down percussion, light guitar, and danceable bass lines. This is New York City (via Seattle) captured on wax my friends (or silver disc for you heathens out there). - J-Sin

Hot Buttered Rum by Indie Music Magazine
I melted at the very first notes. Good Lord, where has this voice been all my life? Take the easy lightness of Edie Brickell, add in the scratch of Rickie Lee Jones, dip it in hot buttered rum, put it in a smoky jazz nightclub, and you have Connor Desai. And you only have her for six tracks, so savor the sound. Let it melt over you and make your toes tingle. This debut EP is sheer bliss. The lyrics carry the same edgy purr as the vocal. “Seems I’ve been f***** up, I’ve gone and judged my cup before filling it up,” she confesses in “Do I,” a great slow stand-up bass and brush percussion groove with a subtle funky vibe. She also turns the tables well in “Trouble Is”: The trouble is I wake inside my head The trouble is I got nowhere to hide, to run to The trouble is you ... “At All” is a standout for its live atmosphere. You can hear the echo in the mic, and whether or not this was actually recorded in a club, I can still smell the alcohol in the air, feel the close presence of the crowd, and see the cabs and buses moving past the windows. And like the others, the song is dreamy. Sad sentiments set to romantic music. “Don’t waste your lovin’ on me,” she sings, “I’m too drenched to sense that it’s warm.” Desai makes a seamless transition into more radio-friendly pop on the EP second half. “Wake Up” is snappy and playful, and “Will You Love” has a very modern pop/rock feel. It flows. But I like the return to the lush sound on the final track, the intriguingly-titled “Deviance,” and those fabulous lyrics: Inhibitions fade, I’m emptying my pockets on this stage Slide down ridges in my pants and fingers Ridges in the throats of the singers ... I’ll just hit “play” and slide into this again. Next time Seattle gets hit with the crazy snowstorms they had this winter, Desai should just step out into her yard, strum her guitar and sing. People will be talking for years about that crazy winter where it stayed at 90 degrees and half of Puget Sound evaporated.

Top 25 CD of 2007 - Indie Music Magazine by Indie Music Magazine
This smoky-voiced jazz/pop siren stayed in my CD player for months. My toes melted into the floor each time I heard that croon drift out of my speakers. She gets edgy and raw sometimes, not adverse to dropping an F bomb here and there, but she can also slide into Radio-Friendly Land without compromising that spirited attitude. A must for anyone with a soul."---Indie Music Magazine

Channeling Feist, Norah Jones by Reviewer Magazine
Connor Desai's self-titled 6-track EP is an impressive debut. Seattle's Desai makes dreamily soulful jazz/pop, reminiscent of Norah Jones or Feist. Her voice is sultry, her lyrics alluring and poetic, backed by playful percussion and subtly funky bass grooves (courtesy of bassist Alex Trzyna and drummer Mike O'Doherty.) The second track,“Do I,” is sexy and jazzy. "Wake Up" adds some understated organ to the mix, with lyrics that sweetly capture the excitement and shyness of a new relationship, while "Will You Love" is radio friendly pop, plain and simple. The standouts though are “At All,” a gorgeous ballad, and “Deviance” which beautifully closes the album with a cool jazzy beat and Desai's smoky voice channeling Feist. According to her myspace page, as of September Desai and her bandmates will be recording under the name Secret Stairs. “Same band, different name,” the page assures. They are currently in the studio working on their second album.

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