I'm a sucker for quirky female singer-songwriters like Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Kate Bush, Amanda Palmer, Annie Lennox and Tegan & Sara. Hence my delight upon discovering Marina and the Diamonds, an intoxicating mix of the best of 'em.The latest in a long line of artists to be called [Boy's or Girl's Name] and the [Inanimate Object], at least the fact that the singer's real name is Marina Diamond makes her moniker a little more fathomable than the likes of Florence and the Machine, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, or Tilly and the Wall.
On her myspace, Diamond claims to be from Ancient Greece and 'melodramatic popular song' is the genre ascribed to her music. The three songs featured are equally brilliant but I'll leave you with 'Obsessions' because Marina and her diamonds are the latest additions to mine.
[Image: Myspace]
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