| Lily Frost unveils anew Lunamerum Erin Stringer Contributing Writer LILY Frost may not be a household name, but most people would rec- ognize her. She’s the smooth-voiced singer in the Telus commer- Gai, singing that catchy tune about the Value Bundle while Luke Doucet of Veal strums away in the background. “That was a total fluke,” she says during our phone interview. “I got a call to come down and audition — it was kind of on the fly, v“hich was good because I’m sponta- neous. “All | knew was what I had to wear,” she adds. “I “think I was more relaxed, because acting isn’t my be-all- end-all.” . But music just might be. ~~~ Lily Frost, whose real-- name is Lindsey Davis, has been involved in it in some _ way or another for years. Her new CD, "> Eunamerium, is an 3 l-track record that relies heavily on Davis’ delicate, sometimes jazzy singing packed with imagery. “A lot of the songs come from dreams,” she says. “I wake up some days with an - image in my head.” Davis, who started playing in a band when she was 19, was the successful female lead of the well-paid Vancouver pop band the Colorifics. But in 1997, after what she calls being “stifled cre- atively” and not “able to breathe” within the band, she gave it all up and ventured out on her own. An attempt at the daily grind was short-lived. After a three-week stint as a dish- washer at Vancouver's trendy Café S°il Vous Plait, Davis knew it wasn’t for her and re- entered the world of working A jazz student from Concordia University in Montreal, Davis now heads the five-member band as Lily Frost. “I’m working hard right now, which can be frustrat- ing. But part of being suc- cessful at something is being * frustrated.” Lily Frost will be at Sonar on April 14 for a multi-media CD release party. Davis will perform a song that she recently wrote for her grandma, “Alabaster Eyes.” “ “My grandma and I were really close, and we had a strong connection,” she says. “She just passed away and it was really, really impacting. 1 didn't know, but April 14 is her birthday.” Besides personal experi- ence, the music is influenced by Davis’ French background and love of the language. She sings breathy French in “Je M’en Vais” (I’m going) and “Laure Elaine.” “Ive always been attracted to the culture,” she says. “A different side of me comes out.” With the exception of a few songs like the bouncy pop tune “The Love For Me” and the use of spoken-word and scratching in “Relapse,” the majority of the tracks are feathery and trance-like. Davis grew up as a minis- ter’s daughter, describing her arents going at one point fom “being interested in the church to being obsessed,” and calling it a “major upheaval” in the houschold. Cousin to Canadian folk- rocker Kinnie Starr, Davis spent childhood summers in Ontario with her at a family cabin. . “She’s my closest friend. We've both Pett each other, althou wing up we had diferent fluences” Friday’s CD release party at Sonar will have two-dimen- sional art, visual effects and dancers sharing the stage with Davis. Doors cpen at 7 p.m., and tickets are $6 in advance or $8 at the door. Guest band Peppersands will be onstage at 8 p.m. “> Sunday, -Aprit16;200