Marina - "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land"

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She's confirmed this on Instagram a while back.

The last album left a sour taste tbh. Fairly unimpressive.

I think there was a snippet of a new song somewhere but I couldn't find it.

Anyone still checking for her?
 
I really like her - she's got a great, distinctive voice, she's written some pithy lyrics, turned out some eye-catching visuals, and she's great live. The last record was trite, but I'm still hopeful for whatever comes next.

I still can't believe she ditched her stage name for just MARINA though.
 
Going from Marina and the Diamonds to Marina made sense in the context of "Love & Fear" - bland, anonymous, not in any way unpleasant but completely unremarkable.

5th alobum will probably be called "Live & Laugh".
 
octophone said:
Going from Marina and the Diamonds to Marina made sense in the context of "Love & Fear" - bland, anonymous, not in any way unpleasant but completely unremarkable.

5th alobum will probably be called "Live & Laugh".
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Released exclusively through Etsy.
 
I enjoyed the last album. She's older and she's in love, and I think it works fine in the context of that.
 
first single Man's World out next Friday. here's a picture of a postcard sent to fans announcing it.

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Fingers crossed it’s good
 
Gangsta Nancy Lam said:
This sounds quite FAMILY JEWELS though.

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Hopefully the new stuff will be more of this ilk!

I didn’t dislike the last album I just thought a lot of it was DULL.

Album ranking:

Froot
Family Jewels
Electra Heart
Love & Fear

Electra Heart seems to be by far and away her most successful era in terms of streams. I was pleasantly surprised at some of the numbers she has.
 


Froot
Electra Heart / Love + Fear
Family Jewels

no shade to the first album, I love 3-4 tracks but her voice across it is too much. she really improved vocally from Electra Heart.

 
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Okay that sounds promising, hopefully better than anything in the last album
 
I love the visuals in that! The song is sounding good too
 
I'm not judging based on such a tiny clip but she'll always be able to get a listen out of me, I expect.
 
I suppose if most artists release on a Friday, if you're not very high profile, releasing on a Wednesday might garner a wee bit more attention. I think I'd do that if I was a pop star ON THE WANE.
 
HeLikedTurner said:
I suppose if most artists release on a Friday, if you're not very high profile, releasing on a Wednesday might garner a wee bit more attention. I think I'd do that if I was a pop star ON THE WANE.
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not if you want a good entry position though... I’d think she’s still perfectly capable of getting a top 10
 
I like it! the production is a big step up on Love+Fear. the verses are great ("the campest hotel in LA" line is :disco:) - not sure about the extended post chorus, it drags a bit and it's half the song. but it's a strong 7.5 on first play.
 
Well this is kind of tough to judge on first listen. Of course the sentiment is important and timely and the middle 8 has a great melody. I don't know if I actually LIKE it that much though. It may grow.
 
It sounds pleasant enough, but definitely sounds like a grower. I love the white-haired guitarist.

Lyrics aren't her strength.
 
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