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Centrifics

by Marina Allen

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Laura B.
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Laura B. "There is a place I go to be not bothered, or bother."
Feels like an escape the second you put it on. A portal. A chest in the attic. It does not beckon, but welcomes you whenever and wherever you unearth it. I hope in time, everyone finds it during their attempt to withdraw, and becomes more energized when it comes time to re-emerge. Favorite track: New Song Rising.
Scott Jacobson
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Scott Jacobson Beautiful songwriting, and a sometimes soaring, sometimes conversational voice that stays with you. Reminds me a bit of Judee Sill, maybe Laura Nyro? But lots of originality on display. I had "Getting Better" stuck in my head for a week. Aaand now it's back again. Favorite track: Getting Better.
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Celadon 03:10
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Or Else 02:59
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Smoke Bush 03:27
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Halfway Home 02:29
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My Stranger 03:48
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Metamorphosis seems enchanted to the untrained eye—butterflies magically appearing from the chrysalis, the interiors of which we can’t see. But the reality is messy. One body dies to make space for another. It’s easy to forget the discomfort it takes to transform, seductive to behold only the beauty on the other side.

Not so on Marina Allen’s Centrifics, the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed debut Candlepower (2021). Over ten songs, Allen is clear-eyed, wading into the lake of her own sorrow, unsure of what awaits her but unwilling to remain on the comfort of dry land. “I was fed up with hiding myself,” Allen says of the intention behind the songs. “I just kept saying ‘yes’”.

There’s joy in permission, but saying “yes” always requires negation of something else. This duality of grief and mirth permeates the record, which sees Allen at her most confident and embodied, flinging her voice into the stratosphere and digging it into the earth. Humor duets with wisdom as her lyrics circle around the biblical, taking on the weight of prophecy without the prophet’s pride. “I can’t bring you where I’m going,” she sings both sure and soft. “New light seeps in, a new world is coming.”

Allen’s searing vocal presence is supported by Chris Cohen’s production, which weaves far-flung influences that resonate cinematically throughout. The contrasts are held tenderly, crafting a record that’s both larger than life and intimate in its restraint, each song a portal between an old self and a new. ~Olivia Gerber

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released September 16, 2022

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