Marnie Stern
In Advance Of The Broken Arm

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MARNIE IS ONE OF THE RARE ARTISTS WHO WAS SIGNED TO KRS AFTER SENDING IN A DEMO TAPE. HER DEBUT RECORD, IN ADVANCE OF THE BROKEN ARM, IS CULLED FROM SONGS WRITTEN BY HERSELF IN HER BEDROOM OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD, WITH PRODUCTION AND DRUM WORK BY HELLA'S ZACH HILL. HER SONGS ARE OF THE EARTH, BIRTHED IN AN ORGANIC PROCESS WHERE THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS MUCH MORE STRIKING THAN THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS: CREATED IN SOLITUDE, THE SONGS CONTAIN A STAGGERING NUMBER OF LAYERS, EACH ONE WINDING ITS WAY AROUND THE OTHERS, THEN COUNTERPOINTED BY MARNIE'S FEMININE, ECHOING, POWERFUL VOCALS. DESPITE THE ARTFUL PRETENSIONS OF SOME OF HER INFLUENCES, MARNIE'S LYRICS ARE HER SECRET WEAPON... EVERY LINE HAS AN UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE FLOATING ABOVE THE MINDNUMBINGLY COMPLEX GUITAR WORK. FOR FANS OF HELLA, HILL/BARR, LIGHTNING BOLT, THIS IS THE SECRET HIT OF 2007!