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The songwriters behind Jay Som and Palehound bring out each other’s best ideas in an alliance that glances back at bands like Belly, the Breeders and Liz Phair.
For the last decade and a half,
Jenn Wasner has been one half of the Baltimore duo, Wye Oak. Over the last few years, she’s been involved in several other projects including a collaboration with Jon Ehrens of White Life called Dungeonesse, and a stint in Bon Iver as a touring member. As
Flock of Dimes, though, Wasner’s musical vision truly takes shape.
Co-produced with Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso, her new album
Head of Roses features some of the most beautiful work of her career. For this Marquee Live at Home show, we got to hear songs from it performed live from Jenn s living room in North Carolina, which she told us was her first “live” show for an audience in over a year.
Head Of Roses, the new album by Jenn Wasner, who records solo as
Flock of Dimes, examines the duality of heartbreak having one’s heart broken while simultaneously breaking the heart of someone else. Wasner, who is also in Wye Oak with Andy Stack, goes deep here, tapping into the residual emotional pain someone feels and inflicts from a collapsed relationship. Flock of Dimes harnesses this emotion in her songs on
Head Of Roses. The album is not a bunch of introspective ruminations, but a single, cathartic listening experience.
In Her Own Words:
“Part of the journey for me has been learning to take responsibility for the parts of things that are mine, says Wasner in her Sub Pop bio, even when I’m in a lot of pain through some behavior or action of someone else. If I’m expecting to be forgiven for the things I’ve done and the choices I’ve made and the mistakes that I’ve made, it would be incredibly cowardly and hypocritical to not also do the work that’s re
Sarah Robyn Farrell shines the spotlight on environmental issues through song
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Sarah Robyn Farrell says her musical talent has for the longest time taken the back banner, but now she wants to incorporate her environmental advocacy, her social activism and her passion for art, poetry and writing to heal the world from its many ills.
With Farrell still riding a wave of success of her debut single, âLove in Our Heartsâ, which was released in March, it comes as no surprise that sheâs dropping another hit single, âHibiscusâ.
The song officially releases on Friday, May 21.
âI m very excited about this release and it is very personal to me, offers the star.