Marina - Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land

Saviour is a...really pretty track. The lyrics are gorgeous, it’s just the production that lets it down.

 

A man hating song???? oh no!

 

I’m loving the snippets honestly. It does found familiar, it’s giving some shades of Teen Idle in particular, but that is certainly not a bad thing in my book. We’ll see if the lyrics are decent...

 

I'm just glad there isn't another 4 year wait.

The snippet sounds OK but it doesn't really sound like she's moved on from L+F... and I say that as one of the few that didn't completely hate that album. Hopefully the full song is good.

 

I will always defend ‘Superstar’ as the strongest offering from ‘Love + Fear’.

Also, I can’t be the only person who thinks her lower register has a very similar tone to Dua Lipa. Get on a collab!

 

Superstar wasn’t my favourite but I think it’s a decent song lyrically and she sounds amazing but it wasn’t enough to salvage the production. The Acoustic version is better in my opinion.

 

I wish Love and Fear didn't inspire so much concern over a new single. I just hope the production isn't all washed out and generic this time around.

 

From what it sounds... it's Marina on autopilot. Handmade Heaven 2 incoming!

 

She can be on autopilot for the rest of her life and release Handmade Heaven 3 4 5 6 7 8 till infinity, I'm ok with that. Handmade Heaven is a great song, chiiiiiiiillll

 

This is a lot for a song that does very little.

 

I was about to write that I do get my white woman life to Handmade Heaven and... I realized I don't remember how it goes? Sorcery. Let me throw a stream her way.

 

The real magic is in the Numb/Teen Idle/Buy The Stars trilogy.

 

Handmade Heaven remains trash, as it was on arrival.
Like, good on her that she can sing about how pretty nature can be over an auto-pilot melody, I guess?

 

Handmade Heaven could blend in seamlessly on Froot, which is a criticism because it shows a lack of progression, but also a compliment because Froot is an amazing album.

 

Handmade Heaven already exists on Froot, it's called Solitaire.

 

Am I genuinely the only person who quite enjoyed Love + Fear? It's by no means my favorite of Marina's but not my least. But then again 2019 didn't have much in terms of great releases for me so maybe its the best of a bad bunch? Handmade Heaven is top 3 Marina for me.

 

The criticisms of some of the lyrics (and her...choice wording when it came to mental health in interviews) during Love + Fear were justified and understandable, but I do think a lot was done about how “awful” it was - she had huge expectations to live up to coming off the back of FROOT, which also didn’t help