Candlepower
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Album • Jun 04 / 2021 • 7 songs, 18m 59s • 80%
Singer-Songwriter
Contemporary Folk
Noteable
A singer/songwriter in the classic '70s tradition who looks to the sophisticated, folk-inflected pop of artists like Carole King, Laura Nyro, and especially Joni Mitchell, Marina Allen signed with Fire Records before releasing her first recordings in early 2021. The Angeleno's debut album, Candlepower, follows a few months later and offers an efficient, seven-track introduction to her work, which, while varied, never strays far from her influences. The record opens with the jazz-suffused "Oh, Louise."
8
/ 10
In less than 20 minutes, Marina Allen creates something transcendent. Candlepower, her new album on Fire Records, is a triumph