The Sister

Marissa Nadler's second full-length by way of her own Box of Cedar imprint is her most narcotic album to date.

The Sister, Marissa Nadler’s new eight-song disc, is a companion to her excellent, self-titled album from 2011. But Nadler’s narrative stretches back further than that. In fact, her recorded output to this point is nearly a single, sustained storyline. Since her 2004 debut, Ballads Of Living And Dying, she’s been…

Following on from 2011's self-titled record, Nadler returns with a "companion" release that could turn out to be her finest work to date.

In life, there are cathartic moments through which we embrace our greater selves, exorcising the torrential past while…

Marissa Nadler's 2011 self-titled album saw her step outside of the confines of the narrow folk singer/songwriter genre that established her reputation and into dreamy pop and even the trappings of country-ish Americana and blues forms.