Martha Wainwright album out today
April 4th, 2005 by drownedinsoundDrowned in Sound Recordings is very proud to present….
MARTHA Wainwright
Self-titled debut album, released today in the UK!
Here’re some of the lovely things the people of the press have been saying about the record:
“One of the most arresting new voices to emerge for sometime… she is that rare thing a singer songwriter with a gutsy voice and a great deal to say”
- The Observer, CD of the Week
“Sensational debut… themes of evasion, vulnerability, men hiding behind their facades and women wishing they could, are explored throughout these 13 country-and-folk tinged tracks…”
- Sunday Times, CD Of the Week, 5/5
”Her voice is a thing of wonder, not too dissimilar to a calmer Polly Harvey… she’s as good as her genes promised!”
- Q Recommends
“breath-taking… Cry to it. Laugh to it. Enjoy it”
- The Sun 5/5
”Her song-writing combines something of her mother’s grace, her father’s wit and her brothers artful, cabaret-pop sophistication, delivered with a rock’n’roll spirit all of her own.”
- Uncut
”Soothing, stident or Joplin-raw by turns… this is special, many-layered stuff”
-Mojo, 4/5
“The subtly beguiling melodies hit you whilst the lyrics sink their teeth in… F*cked up folk for motherf*ckers!”
- Rip & Burn, 4/5
“An extraordinary voice that can switch from sweet to hoarse to shouty and scary in the space of a sentence”
- Times T2
“She’s a feisty one, Martha. She’s got fairy dust in her blood and there’s a fair smattering of it on this debut album”
- Independent on Sunday 4/5
“the lyrics are intriguing and the melodies memorable; Martha is clearly an impressive talent”
- The Telegraph
“…a Kate Bush feel to the musings on maturity and freedom… compelling”
- Independent
”…She triggers memories of so many great female singers in her broad range, from Tanya Donnelly and Hope Sandoval, Tori Amos and Kate Bush, through to Chrissie Hynde and Courtney Love, had the latter retained one ounce of purity… this feeling of truth, and the ability to convey that truth so naturally, so elegantly, so compellingly, is what makes this record so valuable.”
- Crud Music
“…hugely enjoyable…”
- Music Week
