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Marina And The Diamonds Homecoming Show

• 17th Feb 2010

Marina and the Diamonds, AKA Greek/Welsh 24 year old Marina Diamandis, is proud to announce a homecoming Welsh show in Cardiff on Sunday 16th May to celebrate the release of her debut album The Family Jewels this month through 679/Atlantic Records.

She will play at Millennium Music Hall as part of a UK headlining tour.

What a whirlwind 2009 has been for Ms. Diamond! Having spent the year building experience & raising her profile through a succession of brilliant singles & EPs (“Obsessions”, The Crown Jewels EP and “Mowgli’s Road”), creative one-of-a-kind music videos, not to mention playing practically every festival date this summer, Marina is now perfectly poised to step into the limelight with the release of her beautifully crafted debut LP.

Produced by Liam Howe (Ex-Sneaker Pimps), Biff Stannard (Kylie) and Pascal Gabriel (Ladyhawke), The Family Jewels is unlike any other recent debut. Marina is a true original who has poured her heart and soul into the writing of this gem. 12 tracks and 42 minutes in length, The Family Jewels is part autobiography/part fairytale with the sound ranging from the uber-shiny pop of “Shampain” to the fragile elegance of “Obsessions” and “Numb”, the pop-punk of “Girls” and the joyful quirkiness of “Mowgli’s Road” and “Hermit the Frog”.

Not content to conform to the on-trend sound of the moment, Marina is determined to succeed on her own terms. This steely determination even fed into the production of the album with Marina making producer Liam Howe record 482 vocal takes for one song.

The end result is an album that functions as a fully formed piece of art. Heartbreaking and emotional at times as exemplified in “I Am Not A Robot” Marina lays herself open and vulnerable for her fans, the “diamonds”.

Tracklisting:
1. Are You Satisfied?
2. Shampain
3. I Am Not A Robot
4. Girls
5. Mowgli’s Road
6. Obsessions
7. Hollywood
8. The Outsider
9. Hermit the Frog
10. Rootless
11. Numb
12. Guilty

Marina and the Diamond’s debut album The Family Jewels will be released on Feb 22ND through 679/Atlantic in the UK. Her new single “Hollywood” is out now.