Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land

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AlbumJun 11 / 202110 songs, 36m 9s
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The unmistakably dramatic pop singer seeks the divine feminine, embracing a bold yet soft aesthetic that’s more effective than some of her lyrics.

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MARINA soars on the multi-threaded Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land

She's far too interesting to fit into a cookie-cutter hitmaker mould, and here Marina Diamandis settles into her own idiosyncratic groove

Marina's fifth album 'Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land' returns to the sticky pop charm of her bubblegum bitch days.

Making a welcome return to the quirky pop stylings of her breakthrough period as Marina and the Diamonds, Marina Diamandis strikes a balance between that era's wit and energy and the introspective balladry of her later work on her fifth set, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land.

The artist formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds has been dazzling us since she stepped on to the scene in a burst of colour over a decade ago.

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In every interview that Marina Diamandis gave in 2019 – her most recent to date, except for one that she gave to Vogue in late 2020 and

(Atlantic)<br>The Welsh singer brings an operatic seductiveness to her ballads against misogyny

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Marina re-embraces her inner strength and quite possibly creates her magnum opus with 'Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land'.

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