{"title":"Marina Allen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarina Allen is a singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, CA. With her captivating vocals and heartfelt lyrics, she has established herself as a rising star in the music industry. Marina's unique sound blends elements of folk, pop, and indie rock to create a truly mesmerizing listening experience. Her songs are filled with raw emotion and introspection, drawing listeners in with their authenticity. Whether performing on stage or recording in the studio, Marina's passion for music shines through in every note she sings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving honed her craft from a young age, Marina has developed an impressive musical repertoire that showcases her versatility as an artist. Her powerful voice effortlessly transitions between gentle melodies and soaring anthems, leaving audiences captivated by her range and talent. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences and the world around her, Marina's songwriting delves into themes of love, loss, self-discovery, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith each new release, Marina continues to push boundaries and explore new sonic territories. Her dedication to creating authentic music that resonates with listeners is evident in every track she produces. As she continues to evolve as an artist, there is no doubt that Marina Allen will leave an indelible mark on the music industry for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eight-pointed-star","title":"Eight Pointed Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third album of powerfully vivid songwriting from Marina Allen. Beautifully orchestrated, highly melodic and delivered with unrivalled lyrical perspective. Across two acclaimed records, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has ripened a rare harvest, but her third studio album is an arrival home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking fragments and stories from Marina’s past, \u003ci\u003eEight-Pointed Star\u003c\/i\u003e deftly weaves together a new future, in what feels for all the world like a glittering, clear-eyed modern classic of alternative folk and Americana. For fans of Aldous Harding, Fiona Apple and Waxahatchee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIneffable and timeless, this collection of songs holds a curiosity that’s as open to you as you are to them. Compared to the soaring and swelling compositions of Allen’s second album \u003ci\u003eCentrifics\u003c\/i\u003e or the innocent tranquillity of \u003ci\u003eCandlepower\u003c\/i\u003e, the world of \u003ci\u003eEight Pointed Star\u003c\/i\u003e is more deeply addressing and open-armed. It favours a type of soul-searching that doesn’t dwell in complications, and is open to answers. Rolling guitars rise and fall with the canyons and dust is kicked-up from the red scarred earth. Allen’s vocals pure and crystalline whilst the instrumentation is rich and bursting with brightness. You can hear contentment radiating from the music, with Chris Cohen’s production offering a full-band affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen’s affection runs deepest for singers who in her words can really sing, from The Roches to Karen Dalton, Joanna Newsom to Meredith Monk. But these influences vanish like ghosts in the attic when she starts to sing herself. Allen has a voice that stands up to the canon – inimitable – and it’s never sounded more resolute than it does here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50425558925643,"sku":"2191385","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50425558597963,"sku":"2191313","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50425558204747,"sku":"2191312","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Marina_Allen_-_Eight_Pointed_Star_bda4625c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726791560"},{"product_id":"centrifics","title":"Centrifics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.roughtrade.com\/gb\/on-the-rise-marina-allen\/\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn The Rise: Marina Allen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRough Trade shops favourite new songwriter. LA-based musician Marina Allen’s spectacular debut proper, and follow up to last years acclaimed 18 minute mini-opus, \u003ci\u003eCandlepower.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCentrifics\u003c\/i\u003e is a joyful collection of observations and questions about the self, the world, and how they interact. Awe-inspiring reflections accompany mesmerizing melodies while Allen’s extraordinary range and depth of singing showcases a wide array of influences from Karen Carpenter to Karen Dalton, from Joanna Newsom to Fiona Apple, from Cate Le Bon to Waxahatchee, via Meredith Monk and the New York avant-garde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced, engineered and mixed by Chris Cohen. Co-engineered by Jonny Kosmo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50430086742347,"sku":"1157410","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"White | LP","offer_id":50430087332171,"sku":"2003673","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50430086349131,"sku":"1157409","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5689bfde-ba29-407b-beaf-2a38d5d1f086_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726843760"},{"product_id":"candlepower","title":"Candlepower","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarina Allen glides on angelic highs, surfing the husky deep; she is one of the great new voices of her generation. Writing songs that carry notes from other realms; these are kitchen table tales about love and fear, the capturing of the wild heart, sketching the breaking of dawn, bringing real life back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery song on stunning debut mini-album \u003ci\u003eCandlepower\u003c\/i\u003e is a tick box of influences, asides, inspirations, quickfire theories, storylines and melodic progressions that galvanise a chemical reaction for each dramatic scene that unfolds on this genre-traversing seven song epic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne listen to opening track ‘Oh, Louise’ underlines the range of Marina’s talent, it’s a filmic play on words, with an arrangement that’s like a Kate Bush dream sequence. It’s the perfect foil for the plaintive strum of ‘Sleeper Train’, a haunting, folky paean fit for Judee Sill brought up to date with some echoey electric guitar; or the conversational ‘Believer’; with a nod to Joni Mitchell in the lyrics it sounds every bit like Simon And Garfunkel at their Big Apple best listening to the ‘7 O’Clock News’ re-imagined on Sunset.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stuff of legend for a voice that surfs many musical tangents, hovers, and persists, that stings with honesty; morphing from Karen Carpenter’s gentle reverence to Laura Nyro’s soulful grit, moving through the phases like some possessed Dada performance artist before throwing in a melody from Joni at her jazziest or from the close harmonies of the lamented Roches when they flipped out with Robert Fripp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCandlepower\u003c\/i\u003e is a juxtaposition of melodies, an achingly beautiful set of songs set against the clank of the mundane world, a beguiling commentary on the everyday and everywhere. It’s all here, in under 20 minutes… every second counts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Gold | LP","offer_id":50456235475275,"sku":"1114955","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456236032331,"sku":"1114953","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50456239735115,"sku":"1114954","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8ad77c27-d842-486f-8ac2-a053fd0dbcb5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727197165"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_be17092a_thumbnail_4096_e2c7042c-7cd2-4e4d-94cb-fad23fea5942.jpg?v=1726791512","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/marina-allen.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}