Last year, Japanese-Canadian artist Saya Gray released a 7-track EP called QWERTY – not just a body of music, but a statement of intent of what was to come. The project quickly expanded to include visual art (in tandem with her long term creative collaborator Jennifer Cheng) and a handful of live shows that captivated those in attendance with the pin drop intimacy on display. Today, Gray has announced the next chapter in her journey – entitled QWERTY II, and out on March 28th via Dirty Hit, it continues to demonstrate her unique, collage-like way of making music. Born out of the large periods of 2023 she spent in studious isolation and her healthy fear of the ever encroaching digital world, the 7 tracks perfectly demonstrate her stunningly detailed compositions. Speaking about the new release, and its relationship to what came before Gray describes it as “a collection of ideas and collages stuck together as the ying to the yang of the first half”. News of the EP follows the three new tracks she released late last year – a triptych she describes as the bridge between both QWERTY EPs and another reminder of why she is one of the most exciting, up and coming musicians operating today.

Today Gray also releases the video for brand new single “AA BOUQUET FOR YOUR 180 FACE” an air-tight composition that sees Gray endlessly counting days on a calendar over scattering percussion and tightly clipped bass guitar (Gray’s primary instrument). Speaking about the track Gray writes that “180 face is my bass moment off of qwerty ii EP it’s about a spooky moody boy with a 180 face”

Watch the Jennifer Cheng directed video for “AA BOUQUET FOR YOUR 180 FACE”

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