Candlepower [CD]

Marina 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. Every song on debut album Candlepower 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. Opening track Oh, Louise underlines the range of Marinas talent, its a filmic play on words, with an arrangement thats like a Kate Bush dream sequence. Its 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; (CONTINUED IN SELLING POINTS) A1 Oh, Louise A2 Original Goodness A3 Belong Here A4 Sleeper Train B1 Believer B2 Ophelia B3 Reunion

• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock