Name: Family Jewels
Brand: Marina and The Diamonds

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

524155-1

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-02-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Rough Trade NYC

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

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Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Marina and The Diamonds

Genre GB

Label GB

Universal

Pop is cooler than it has ever been. No revelations there. somewhat ironic perhaps though, that the jewel in this new crown of credibility gut-laughs in the face of any notion of 'cool'. 

Marina Diamandis is living, breathing, belting, vogue-ing proof of the damn-near unfathomable possibilities contained within organic pop in 2010. "i really couldn't give a damn whether pop's in fashion this week or not, i'd be writing this music if it was dying a death," she scoffs. she's the complete songwriter / performer. 50% greek, 50%welsh, 100% frolicking fairytale creature. 

A girl with virtually no musical schooling, for whom heart scorching choruses miraculously seem to appear at the tips of her fingers with each increasingly preposterous limb fling. A voice that both lures sailors to shores and wards ships from rocks. A mind that hacks apart the fabric of now and serves it up in an ice-cream sundae for all to guzzle down. A performer whose onstage movement has been reminding lackluster gig-goers across the land the true meaning of 'show time'. 

But like all the best popstars, dissecting their charms does them no justice. for Marina possesses that oh-so elusive ingredient. that one that had its name not been forsaken by reality televison's chart napalm strike, we might dare term something like 'x-factor'. some of the greatest should-be British smash hits this side of the millennium aside, Marina just has it. The presence, the poise, the patter. a sonic-boom of a laugh that seemingly punctuates her every sentence. she's five foot six of hour-glass sensation in waiting, and this is her year.

Family Jewels

Music GB