NEW MANDY MOORE ALBUM “AMANDA LEIGH” AVAILABLE JUNE 2nd

(Toronto, ON) Following her critically-acclaimed album, Wild Hope, Mandy
Moore returns with the highly anticipated, Amanda Leigh – to be released
June 2, 2009 on Storefront Recordings – a new partnership with RED
Distribution and Sony Music Entertainment Canada.

Primarily co-written by Moore and Mike Viola, Amanda Leigh was recorded
at engineer, Ducky Carlisle’s modest basement studio in his home outside
of Boston and features an impressive and eclectic collection of vintage
equipment utilized throughout the album. Sharing many of the same
musical influences of artists such as Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell, CSNY
and Nilsson, among many others, Moore and Viola set out to create a
compelling body of work, in which the instrumentation mirrors so much of
what inspired and guided the duo from the onset.

The resulting collaboration, Amanda Leigh (Moore’s given name), is a
collection of personal reflections and insights about life and love as
evidenced in songs such as “Nothing Everything,” “Song About Home,” and
“Love to Love Me Back” – the latter also written with Inara George of
The Bird and the Bee. Experimentation was also prevalent and encouraged
throughout the writing/recording process, as exemplified in the rather
tongue-in-cheek first single, “I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the
Week” – originally a very alt-country sounding demo that quickly took on
a new life with the addition of the clavinet, while “Everblue,”
co-written with Lori McKenna, was similarly transformed with the
inclusion of the Farfisa and Wurlitzer. “I’m connected to these songs
and how they came to fruition in a way I’ve never been able to
articulate before. The entire experience was one that I will undoubtedly
replicate.”

Mandy Moore will be in Toronto on a promotional trip in support of
Amanda Leigh and will appear on several U.S. talk shows (The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres). She will also be touring North
America in support of the release.  Log on to www.mandymoore.com
<http://www.mandymoore.com/>  for continued updates.