Ambulette started out life as Bella Lea, and is fronted by Maura Davis, formerly of Denali. The band itself formed during the summer of 2004, Ambulette came to life when Davis and two of her future bandmates began exchanging tapes between her hometown of Richmond, Virginia and Chicago, where Howard and Rapsys were based. Denali had just split a few months earlier and Davis briefly considered taking a break and perhaps even going back to school. In the end, however, new songs flooded forth. Before long, she’d recorded a handful of new songs on her computer and mailed them to Howard and Rapsys, who’d joined Denali’s lineup during their last tour. Clark, who’d played in Pinebender with Howard, entered later that year.

What grew out of Ambulette’s earliest sessions eventually became The Lottery, an EP recorded during the spring of 2005, to be released March 21st on Astralwerks. A striking debut, the five-song collection brims with moody, impassioned and intimate overtures, topped off with Davis’ expansive range.

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