Reset to Factory Specs

Reset to Factory Specs

2022

"If you know me, you know I like to tell stories. I love tangents and footnotes. I like to find my way into the mind of a person in a myth or a folktale and write what I discover about them from the inside-out. This time I've done that with my own life.

There are parts of myself I've kept hidden. Pieces of who I really am, memories of what's really happened to me, ways I've survived and how I've grown out of ashes. So many Tower cards, and me, navigating the rubble.

For this album I removed all the masks and set aside every voice but my own, to let myself face and embrace who I am and write about it: a queer, autistic, non-binary survivor who's lucky to be here and to be so loved." --Leslie

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Reset Scratch Tracks & Demos

2022

Scratch tracks & demos recorded at the start of the album making process for Reset to Factory Specs.

These are the tracks that were sent to co-producer & arranger John Argentiero, and formed the backbone of what the album would become.

Listen to the album, and then listen to where the songs began.

Recorded live in 2020/2021 on a Zoom H2 and mastered by Leslie Hudson at Blest & Hext Studios, Stratford ON

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Mermaid [SINGLE]

2022

"Mermaid" is the lead single from Reset to Factory Specs. A pop anthem you can dance to that says: "Get out of my life, you toxic thing, cuz I wanna see what my life can bring." It's about finding your people, no matter what limitations and expectations have tried to keep you tied where you don't belong.

"Anyone who's come out to their community or loved ones and been rejected for it knows that chosen family can be a lifeline. Finding my voice as a queer, autistic, non-binary artist has let me be a lighthouse for others like me, adding to the chorus of everyone who's come before me." -- Leslie

"Mermaid" celebrates identity, the long road to figuring yourself out, and the underwater party where one day you're gonna feel right at home.

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Steeped in Magic

Hemlock Honey and Crows (Deluxe)

2021

Piano, vocal & guest musicians : Deluxe includes the 8 tracks originally released on Hemlock Honey and Crows (with guest musicians), and also includes the 8 solo versions of these songs (piano & vocal only) - 2 albums in one!

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Hemlock Honey and Crows

2021

Piano, vocal & guest musicians galore : Songs for the Samhain season, with ghost stories, ritual songs, and love for the poisoner schools of old. Musicians from the US & Germany contributed in pairs & trios to each of 8 truly witchy songs

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Keep Left at the Fork

2020

Piano, cello & vocal, with guest musicians : A love-letter to the 6-month, international tour that turned life upside-down. Take a journey of the soul with 13 tracks like stepping stones, crossing 48 states & 3 provinces before coming home

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Indie Rock

Carving Knife (Single)

2021

Guitar & vocal : Long-time collaborator and guitarist, John Argentiero, remixes a song dedicated to the backstories of female villains in folklore, from The Wanderlings Volume Two

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Pianoless (Demo EP)

2021

Rock, folk & groove : Co-written with fellow FAWMers from the US & Norway, there's not a piano in sight. 5 songs about stepping back, chasing the wrong girl, jerks you work for, friendship & outrunning dragons

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Into The Mirror

2015

Grit, grief & soul infuse this all-in, new-lease-on-life rock album, with 12 tracks of powerhouse vocals, piano-driven songwriting & one hell of a 10-piece band

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Folklore & Myth

Geek Rock

Early Releases

Instrumental