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Let Me Go Marnie Ann Slack Boy (2001) Looking at the cover of this record, it's hard to figure just exactly what you're in for. Marnie Ann could be some Swedish chanteuse at the beach, or possibly in front of some Roman gladiator stadium, or she could just be some cute girl singer with a big smile, blonde pigtails, and a halter top fronting a band who don't want their ugly mugs on the cover of their album for fear of frightening young children and inanimate objects. Looks like she's at the beach, posing with her hands on her waist, in front of the ocean. And she's got a sliver of a nose ring. And she turns out to be a hell of a singer and writer. A real pop voice has she, and you're going to like her. The opener, "You're Electric," is textbook pure pop, combining a drop-dead catchy chorus, weighty electric guitars, and Marnie Ann's tremendously affecting lead, harmony and background vocals. It's the kind of song that radio should have been all over. Well, there's still time, just as there is for equally catchy, commanding uptempo tunes like "I See Red," "Afraid, Mistaken," and "Glittery." Marnie Ann shows her versatility on the melodic, percussion-fueled "Kalifornia," featuring some very cool fuzz guitar from Paul "Red" Stebner, who proves himself this record's secret musical weapon. He yields some truly rockin' chops, this boy. The funky, poppy, riff-happy "Trip With Me" features one of the singer's best choruses and an inventive arrangement. Even the rapping and turntable gymnastics employed to dress up the midtempo balladry of "Tell Me" work, although the mix may not be every listener's cup of beat-driven tea. Marnie Ann is a talent to watch. Hopefully, a new release is coming, because anyone who can pop like her and pull off a Soundgarden cover ("Fell on Black Days") deserves a place in your CD player, nose ring, halter top and all. Alan Haber May 14, 2005
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Let Me Go
Marnie Ann
Slack Boy (2001)

marnie ann's let me go Looking at the cover of this record, it's hard to figure just exactly what you're in for. Marnie Ann could be some Swedish chanteuse at the beach, or possibly in front of some Roman gladiator stadium, or she could just be some cute girl singer with a big smile, blonde pigtails, and a halter top fronting a band who don't want their ugly mugs on the cover of their album for fear of frightening young children and inanimate objects.

Looks like she's at the beach, posing with her hands on her waist, in front of the ocean. And she's got a sliver of a nose ring. And she turns out to be a hell of a singer and writer. A real pop voice has she, and you're going to like her.

The opener, "You're Electric," is textbook pure pop, combining a drop-dead catchy chorus, weighty electric guitars, and Marnie Ann's tremendously affecting lead, harmony and background vocals. It's the kind of song that radio should have been all over. Well, there's still time, just as there is for equally catchy, commanding uptempo tunes like "I See Red," "Afraid, Mistaken," and "Glittery."

Marnie Ann shows her versatility on the melodic, percussion-fueled "Kalifornia," featuring some very cool fuzz guitar from Paul "Red" Stebner, who proves himself this record's secret musical weapon. He yields some truly rockin' chops, this boy. The funky, poppy, riff-happy "Trip With Me" features one of the singer's best choruses and an inventive arrangement. Even the rapping and turntable gymnastics employed to dress up the midtempo balladry of "Tell Me" work, although the mix may not be every listener's cup of beat-driven tea.

Marnie Ann is a talent to watch. Hopefully, a new release is coming, because anyone who can pop like her and pull off a Soundgarden cover ("Fell on Black Days") deserves a place in your CD player, nose ring, halter top and all.

Alan Haber
May 14, 2005