aaamusic | On 21, May 2011

The Angel Pop is Marina Celeste’s third solo album, and sees her collaborating with the legendary Terry Hall (The Specials, Fun Boy Three). She originally met Terry while duetting with him on the Nouvelle Vague track “Our Lips Are Sealed”, which led the pair to reunite in Paris to record another four tracks together for this release. The album is released digitally on June 18th and physically July 4th.

The album blends Marina’s original songs with some masterfully re-imagined renditions, such as her cover of Midnight Oil’s “Beds Are Burning”, or Trio’s Casio driven classic “Da Da Da”. The original tracks on the album showcase her talent for performing in English as well as in her native French tongue, each song exuding contrasting themes of innocence and sensuality, achieved to great effect by her unique vocal style.

She has a flair for creating atmospheric, dreamy pop songs; it will come as no surprise that she lists her influences as Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins and Everything But The Girl. There’s a great depth to her song writing that’s sure to see her compared to Stereolab as well as French DJ’s extraordinaire, Air.
If you can’t see the video for the track “Under My Skin” from Marina’s album The Angel Pop below, check out her YouTube page.

The track is also available as a free download. If you can’t see the Soundcloud waveform below,

Marina Celeste – Under My Skin by abadgeoffriendship

Originally discovered at 22 by Marc Collin, of Nouvelle Vague fame, French pop starlet Marina Celeste is no stranger to taking the spotlight, having toured the world and selling over half a million records during the course of her career. With an already impressive body of work behind her, and a recent successful UK tour behind her, The Angel Pop is sure to make a huge impression upon its UK release when it’s released digitally on June 18th and then physically on July 4th.