MARINA & THE DIAMONDSSo, the other day Sally, my friend's super-hip little sister, pulled up this quirky little woman at left on Youtube to show me how "bizzare, and weirdly entertaining" one of her music videos was. That video happened to be a song off her upcoming EP called I Am Not A Robot. I soon discovered that Sally, America, World, that song is very good.
Marina & The Diamonds is comprised of Marina Diamantes. (No, there are no Supremes-style "Diamonds" kicking up their legs in the backgrounds. Marina refers to her fans as "diamonds", legitimate companions in her music-making experience.) Marina's voice is a strange and occasionally ephemeral mixture of Ingrid Michaelson-like texture and the yodel-esque sliding usually attributed to Joanna Newsom and Tiny Tim.
So, don't write her off as another indie eccentric. In fact, test drive a few of her songs for yourself:
I Am Not A Robot (Marina & The Diamonds)
Numb (Marina & The Diamonds)
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