Marissa Nadler - Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler - The hazy, impossibly sad dream-folk that defined the Boston songwriter's early works got a makeover with 2009's more adventurous Little Hells...her new album promises even more lushly appointed explorations // Release: Marissa Nadler (June 14) // Quote: "I didn’t want to be labeled as a folk singer the rest of my life. I’ve always seen myself as just a songwriter, I think labels can be really dangerous and creatively stifling." // Sounds like: languid, luxuriant retro pop with Nadler's voice -- a thing of beauty shrouded in bleak despair -- managing to somberly evoke both cool distance and warm sensuality // What we like: lead track "Baby I Will Leave You In the Morning" sounds like it's following a fairly long, wearying night, a moody lament akin to some lost Roy Orbison cover...

Marissa Nadler - "Baby I Will Leave You In the Morning" (from Marissa Nadler)