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NADLER, MARISSA - Songs III: Bird on the water

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Peacefrog PFG096CD Release Year: 2007 Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "….Vorsichtig spielt Sie ihre Gitarre auf altbekannter, dunkler Songwriter - Weise, liebevoll werden Percussions, Cello, Mandoline, Harfe und ein verhaltener Synthesizer dem Gesamtwerk beigefügt. Nix hätte besser zu den bittersüßen Texten von Marissa passen können. Im ganzen Bilde betrachtet kommen die Lieder der "Songs III: Bird on the water" verspielt und melancholisch daher, alles passt aneinander, für mich wohl die beste Marissa Nadler Platte bisher. Eine besondere Überraschung war für mich die Leonard Cohen Coverversion von "Famous blue raincoat". Sie verleiht diesem Klassiker Ihre ganz eigene Note, Ihren gewissen knisternden und etwas spröden Charme der durch all Ihre Titel fliest. Anspieltipp: "Bird on your grave"- mein persönlicher Höhepunkt der Platte." [T.Klemm] "....Dreamy and spectral, Marissa’s music is an amalgam of traditional folk, American Gothic, paisley underground and dream pop. Almost all of the songs touch on sadness – themes of doomed loves, broken hearts, death or simple burdens colour her lyrics. Fine examples can be found in the shape of forthcoming single “Diamond Heart” (due out on January 15th) and her lived-in version of Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat”. She sings songs of the sea and the haunting chansons of maidens in a funereal majesty all her own. The eerie quality of her atmospheric music gives her songs timelessness, yielding a slow-burn effect, growing more evocative with time, but her siren-like vocal remains her most compelling feature. Excelling at a Fahey-esque fingerpicking technique, she plays homage to some of the great early American blues players. Marissa Nadler is a hypnotic and wondrous addition to the folk firmament. She will be touring in early 2007 to coincide with this very special record." [label info] "It feels like it's been awhile since we were graced with a proper new full length from Miss Nadler, and it's certainly welcome. Her haunting gothic folktales seem to get better and more fully realized with each release. Here, she is backed by a fuller sound courtesy of Philadelphia's Espers in full medieval chamber-folk mode making great use of reverberating Tibetan bells, harp and mandolin. But nothing overshadows her sophisticated fingerpicking and voice, which like an antiquated sparrow harkening from a time only experienced in past remembrances transports the listener through lovely gossamer shades of grey. The CD version includes a Leonard Cohen cover, a free sticker and a link to download 4 more unreleased tracks." [Aquarius] www.peacefrog.com