1 Are You Satisfied?
2 Shampain
3 I Am Not A Robot
4 Girls
5 Mowgli's Road
6 Obsessions
7 Hollywood
8 The Outsider
9 Hermit The Frog
10 Oh No!
11 Rootless
12 Numb
13 Guilty
Marina And The Diamonds, is the stage name of Marina Diamandis, a Greek / Welsh solo artist based in London.
In small doses Marina can be magnificent. Her first major label single, Mowgli’s Road, includes insane lyrics about cutlery (“Ten silver spoons coming after me”), the beats and pacing of Green Day’s Hitchin’ a Ride, and Tori Amos-ish baroque soundscapes and wild animal noises. It’s as much Lord of the Flies as The Jungle Book. Guilty is just as interesting: bursts of harpsichord, beats more at home on a burial record, looped background vocal motifs and perhaps Marina’s best vocal performance on the album. And recent single Hollywood may sound as bombastic and ridiculous as Arnie driving a Humvee through a plate glass window, but it’s superbly enjoyable.
Judging by the auspicious critical and commercial reception to Hollywood, there will be many who find a great deal to love about Marina and her whacky voice; but there will be just as many who despise her.(BBC Music)
Make what you will of it.
//Also, if any of ye are going to Kate Nash in the Academy tonight, or about the capital, check out her support, Sister Lovers..... I went to school with 2 of these guys, and they're pretty decent! It's only about €20 for the Kate Nash gig.
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