A trio whose gentle, melancholic songs like 'Edge of the Ocean' defined a certain late-'90s mood.
If you need one song to frame them, it's 'Edge of the Ocean'. For something later, try 'Dying Star' from their top tracks, it shows how that core feeling held.
For a certain listener, Ivy's music just fits. 'Edge of the Ocean' from their 1997 album 'Apartment Life' is the perfect example, a simple piano melody and Dominique Durand's clear, unaffected voice creating a space that feels both airy and intimate. Songs like 'Worry About You' and 'Disappointed' followed that same basic template of straightforward pop with a slight melancholic pull, making their catalog a consistent, understated place to land.
Ivy formed in the late 1990s with Durand, Andy Chase, and Adam Schlesinger. Their sound shifted gradually from the airy arrangements of their early work toward something a bit more grounded and electronic across albums like 'Long Distance' and 'In the Clear', with Durand's vocals remaining the constant center. Their last album was 'All Hours' in 2011.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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