Marissa Nadler: The Sister (Box of Cedar, 5/29/12)
“The Wrecking Ball Company”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Marissa_Nadler_The_Wrecking_Ball_Company.mp3|titles=Marissa Nadler: “The Wrecking Ball Company”]Last year, Boston-based singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler released an album that oozed with sad-stringed lamentations and haunting folk dreamscapes. The self-titled release solidified Nadler’s brand of elegant and convoluted spook-folk. Each track let listeners delve a little deeper into her mysterious songwriting realm: part fairy tale, part dirge, part diary entry. The album was readily equipped with intricate acoustic finger-picking, sonorous harmonies, and melancholic modishness. More importantly, though, it established Nadler’s voice as a dominant force in indie folk, giving her a leg up on many of her peers.