I've had my eye on Marina & the Diamonds for a few months now. Her (and despite the "& the Diamonds" moniker, I'm fairly sure we're just eyeballing one singular lady here) first single, "Obsessions," begins like a simple girl-and-piano ballad with plenty of ballad-y theatricality. After a few measures, though, it settles into a sonic spectrum of heavy acoustic chords, light electro pulsations, a driving beat and open-throated vocals and becomes sublime. Despite the strength of the single, I prefer the presumed B-side, "Mowgli's Road" for its Goldfrapp meets Yeah Yeah Yeah's caterwauling, and a downright witchy, creeped out bridge that'll probably guarantee it'll never be recruited by any Disney soundtracks - thank god.
Unfortunately, though the myspace page promises that she can be found on iTunes, I've had no such luck actually locating anything downloadable. In the meantime, you can find several remixes of "Obsessions" on BigStereo.net, which is a great site for any lovers of dance, electro, and nu-disco, btw. And below is the link to Marina & the Diamonds' myspace page, which features 4 songs:
http://www.myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds
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