Centrifics

"... it's a mature album: in the sense of being fully formed. Where all this places Allen is moot. She can't be pigeonholed as folk, and is not doing anything off-the-shelf. Her boundary-free music occupies its own space. On this evidence, she is inviting listeners into this environment. Why not step inside?".

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"On her debut album, Candlepower, Los Angeles singer/songwriter Marina Allen illuminated her gentle, crystalline vocal delivery with a highly lyrical, sophisticated songcraft deeply indebted to the '70s singer/songwriter pop of artists like Carole King, Laura Nyro, and Karen Carpenter. A year later, Centrifics expands upon this stylistic base, lightly incorporating the influence of artists spanning Meredith Monk and Joanna Newsom".

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If Marina Allen's 2021 debut wasthe emergence of asingular talent,its follow-upis areinvention. Grounded where Candlepower floated, full-bodied where its predecessor was ethereal, Centrifics boasts a boldness that doesn't detract from its beauty".