Landfill indie is dead (save those terrible Brit nominations) - 2009 is undoubtedly the year of the the leftfield pop girly and we're already overwhelmed with possibilities for the success stories of the year.
Marina & The Diamonds somehow avoided being mentioned in the BBC Sound of 2009 list earlier this year. She has, however, just joined the winner of that poll, Little Boots on Atlantic Records subsidiary, 679, and looks set to be releasing her first big single before the summer is out. First though, comes Obsession a strictly limited release on the uber cool Neon Gold label, out on Valentines' Day.
Despite the name, Marina is a solo artist, and to crudly compare her to someone else she sounds like Regina Spektor doing a dance of the seven veils with Kate Bush. Half Welsh, half Greek, I certainly think she's going to crap all over Florence & her similarly mythical Machine's expected party, never mind the concern it might cause Kate Nash's forthcoming 2nd album.
Normally Marina's banging on the piano, but her label have just sent out a gorgeously dreamy new remix of 'Obsessions' drenched in synths and creepy italo disco soaring which you can get for free right here
Download: Marina & The Diamonds - Obsessions (Pink Stallone Crush Remix) [Free MP3]
I like her music. I like it A LOT. However, people should stop crtitisizing Florence just because she's won the Critics Award and stuff, she's really good, and that doesn't mean everyone has to like her, but she's good and that's a fact.
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