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Although “Lonely Avenue” is a collaboration album in the truest sense, I consider it to be the seventh official installment in the Ben Folds repertoire (in order: Ben Folds Five, Whatever and Ever Amen, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, Rockin’ the Suburbs, Songs for Silverman, and Way to Normal). Things get confusing when you start distinguishing between band albums, solo albums, compilation albums, collaboration albums, etc. Depending on how you count, this is Ben Fold’s seventh studio album. Listening to “The Family Jewels” was, for me, like watching an indie movie: it’s eccentric and strange at times but the pleasure rests in the unpredictability.īen Folds adds music and melody to Nick Hornby’s words in “Lonely Avenue” (as is written on the CD’s cover). But in the end, it’s what Marina does with these qualities that truly makes her music singular and extraordinary. If you mixed the off-color attitude and cynicism of Lily Allen, the charisma and electronica of Lady Gaga, and the spontaneity and experimentation of Kate Nash you’d have the makings of Marina’s sound. It’s these nuances that make Marina’s music unique, impromptu and intentional, all at the same time. Sometimes she jumps to her falsetto even though she could hit the same note without it. Or in “Hollywood” when Marina uses her lower range, her voice takes on a dreamy, almost underwater quality. There’s times when Marina alters her voice to lend the melody and lyrics a specific personality – like a robot in “I Am Not A Robot”. And like a seasoned jazz musician, Marina mixes these elements in a way that feels spontaneous. For her, it’s more than just hitting the right pitch. Akin to Regina Spektor (another much adored female singer-songwriter), Marina uses her voice like an instrument. Pleasant surprises like this are widespread in Marina’s debut studio album, “The Family Jewels”. The first time I heard it, I never expected a full-fledged pop-dance number would follow. It’s fetching how the song creeps up on you, with the dainty piano and delicately performed vocals. Doesn’t every song have these? Marina leads you to believe so with the confidence and personality she emits with her music. It does what it wants without any self-consciousness about being different.
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In this offbeat vein, her single, and indeed much of her album, plays out like a quirky, indie movie. She says on her MySpace page: “I’m Marina. “The Diamonds” are not her backup band (as I wrongly assumed) but rather her fans. “Marina & the Diamonds” is Marina’s stage name. Whatever else I downloaded that day (perhaps regrettably) has been forgotten, because Marina outshone it all. Some days this process yields a winner other days, nothing on the rare occasion I’ll uncover a gem (pun intended).
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Per usual, I binge downloaded all the Starbucks picks in my wallet at the same time I was shredding old receipts. The first time I heard Marina Diamandis (singer-songwriter of Marina & the Diamonds), I was smitten: her single, “I Am Not A Robot”, was the Starbucks pick-of-the-week.